Jul 14, 2012 15:57
11 yrs ago
English term
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Looking daily at you, my good Sir, and watching the tokens of your aspect, now for months gone by, I should deem you a man sore sick, it may be, yet not so sick but that an instructed and watchful physician[163] might well hope to cure you. But—I know not what to say—the disease is what I seem to know, yet know it not.”
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| 5 +4 | that it should be impossible |
Paul Lambert
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| 5 | except for the fact that |
Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)
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4 mins
Paul Lambert
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that it should be impossible
In context.
There are other ways of saying it, in the text you provided, it is suggestion that the situation is not so grave that it should be out of the question of a skilled physician could help, for instance.
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Note added at 6 mins (2012-07-14 16:03:40 GMT)
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..."as to preclude" occurs to me as one such way of putting it.
There are other ways of saying it, in the text you provided, it is suggestion that the situation is not so grave that it should be out of the question of a skilled physician could help, for instance.
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Note added at 6 mins (2012-07-14 16:03:40 GMT)
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..."as to preclude" occurs to me as one such way of putting it.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
6 mins
except for the fact that
but (followed by that) except that
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Note added at 11 mins (2012-07-14 16:08:05 GMT)
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I think it means that an instructed and watchful physician can give you the required medical care to cure your disease.
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Note added at 11 mins (2012-07-14 16:08:05 GMT)
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I think it means that an instructed and watchful physician can give you the required medical care to cure your disease.
Example sentence:
Nothing is impossible but that we live forever
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Peer comment(s):
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Oliver Lawrence
: "the fact that" is inelegant and should usually be avoided
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Thanks for your participation and instructive comment. What about "except for the fact"?
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Cilian O'Tuama
: I don't see why "the fact that" should be avoided. But I don't see CL5 justified here either. :-)
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Good point, Neutral Man! Thanks for your participation and comment.
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