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people don't mary with someone they don't know

English translation: A person does not marry somebody they don't know


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English term or phrase:people don't mary with someone they don't know
English translation:A person does not marry somebody they don't know
Entered by: LaraBarnett
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20:04 Jan 31, 2012
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Art/Literary - Linguistics / people don't mary with someone they don't know
English term or phrase: people don't mary with someone they don't know
Hi! Is this sentence "people don't mary with someone they don't know" correct?
Phoenicia
A person does not marry somebody they don't know
Explanation:
"Person" is better here if you are using an individual as an example (as in someone)

"marry" is the correct word for the "mary" here. ("With" is not necessary).

"somebody" rather than "someone".

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2012-02-01 22:12:45 GMT)
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Typo:

"somebody" rather than "someone"

should read:

"someone" rather than "somebody"
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LaraBarnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:19
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Summary of answers provided
5on n'épouse pas quelqu'un qu'on ne connaît pas1045
4A person does not marry somebody they don't know
LaraBarnett
4 -1on ne se marie pas à des gens qu'on ne connaît pasbigmimi
Summary of reference entries provided
subcontracting your homework to others
FX Fraipont

Discussion entries: 4





  

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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
on ne se marie pas à des gens qu'on ne connaît pas


Explanation:
contexte! marry avec 2R!

bigmimi
Local time: 21:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  B D Finch: Wrong language and I think "quelqu'un" rather than "des gens" !
1 hr
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
A person does not marry somebody they don't know


Explanation:
"Person" is better here if you are using an individual as an example (as in someone)

"marry" is the correct word for the "mary" here. ("With" is not necessary).

"somebody" rather than "someone".

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2012-02-01 22:12:45 GMT)
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Typo:

"somebody" rather than "someone"

should read:

"someone" rather than "somebody"

LaraBarnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: Nothing wrong with "someone" and either "doesn't" and "don't", or "does not" and "do not", but not a mixture.
1 hr
  -> i know there is nothing wrong with "someone" that is why i suggested it. i got the order of the phrase in my explanation mixed around. i did not say there is anything wrong with "doesn't" - I used "does not" as a personal preference.
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
on n'épouse pas quelqu'un qu'on ne connaît pas


Explanation:
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1045
Canada
Local time: 21:19
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Reference comments


14 mins peer agreement (net): -1
Reference: subcontracting your homework to others

Reference information:
"Help! this is so basic for some of you!!! - dBforums
http://www.dbforums.com › ... › ANSI SQL
8 posts - 2 authors - 12 Apr 2003
... to do yourself, and people can offer suggestions and corrections. There is no educational value in subcontracting your homework to others!

FX Fraipont
Belgium
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
disagree  Hal D'Arpini: Agree with the premise; disagree that it's a reference comment. It's more appropriate as a discussion entry.
53 mins
  -> talk about nitpicking ...
neutral  B D Finch: Agree with your comment, though the link doesn't work and it's in the wrong place. Also think KudoZ should not be used for this sort of stuff, which seems to have no connection with the business of translation.
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Changes made by editors
Feb 5 - Changes made by LaraBarnett:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Jan 31 - Changes made by Phoenicia:
Language pairEnglish to French => English


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