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"I stroke the glass with a hammer but it didn't do any damage to the glass." soa natural?
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I don’t have any idea.
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- Inglês (EUA)
Natural
Good work :) You can also say, "I stroke the glass with a hammer, but it didn't do any damage."
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- Inglês (EUA)
Um pouco artificial
"I struck the glass with a hammer, but that didn’t damage the glass."
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Um pouco artificial
No, it’s not super awkward. I am just a big fan of using the fewest number of words whenever I can. Apologies.
I struck the glass with a hammer but it didn’t do any damage to the glass.
This is a fine sentence. 😃
But, to me, swapping in a shorter phrase for “it didn’t do any” looks cleaner and sounds more natural.
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- Inglês (EUA)
Um pouco artificial
Ideally, I would write it as:
I struck the glass with a hammer, but it did no damage.
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the sentence you rephrased made me curious to know the difference btwn "didnt do any xx" and 'did no xx".
eg-
1 it didnt do any damage
2 it did no damage
3 it won't do you any harm.
4 it'll do you no harm
5 I dont have any affection.
6 I have no affection.
7 I dont have any idea.
8 I have no idea.
those choices always put me in a dilenna.
as you chose to rephrase my sentence shorter to make it even cleaner, I think there should be some difference about that too!
- Inglês (EUA)
Um pouco artificial
The word “any” really emphasizes how little there is of whatever you’re describing.
It did no damage = it did zero damage
It didn’t do any damage = sounds a bit like you are trying to be more persuasive.
Look, I know I spilled a bottle of ink on your bed, but it didn’t leave any damage! There’s not a drop of ink to be seen!
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I have no Idea VS I dont have any idea
which one sounds more emphatic then?(when you literally have no clue at all)
- Inglês (EUA)
Um pouco artificial
I don’t have any idea.
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Sorry.
In all seriousness, the second sentence sounds more emphatic. Using “any” emphasizes the thing you are describing more strongly than just saying it’s not there.
Like saying I looked everywhere and I cannot find any trace anywhere.
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Um pouco artificial
Thanks!! Always fun working with you!
Please always let me know if I’m ever just making things more confusing.
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