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kill

English translation: is/are no longer/can't be (a coincidence)

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English term or phrase:kill
Selected answer:is/are no longer/can't be (a coincidence)
Entered by: Bernhard Sulzer

21:55 Nov 10, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
English term or phrase: kill
Too many coincidences kill the coincidences!

does it sound English? Thank you in advance.
svetlana cosquéric
France
Local time: 06:11
is/are no longer
Explanation:
too many coincidences are no longer coincidences
too many coincidences is no coincidence at all

too many coincidences means/spells/is the end of coincidence

too many coincidences and it's no longer coincidental
too many coincidences and there is no coincidence (at all)


or, with "kill":
too many coincidences kill/killed the coincidence
Selected response from:

Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 00:11
Grading comment
Thank you Bernhard!
Thanks for the comments!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +12is/are no longer
Bernhard Sulzer
4below
Mark Berelekhis
3too many coincidences is an incidence.
Andrey Belousov (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
too many coincidences is an incidence.


Explanation:
Let's play around it a bit.))

Andrey Belousov (X)
United States
Local time: 00:11
Native speaker of: Russian
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +12
is/are no longer


Explanation:
too many coincidences are no longer coincidences
too many coincidences is no coincidence at all

too many coincidences means/spells/is the end of coincidence

too many coincidences and it's no longer coincidental
too many coincidences and there is no coincidence (at all)


or, with "kill":
too many coincidences kill/killed the coincidence


Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 00:11
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you Bernhard!
Thanks for the comments!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: or 'so many coincidences can't be a coincidence', 'too many coincidences at once can't be a coincidence', 'put enough coincidences together and you have a certainty',...'
16 mins
  -> thanks, yours are great suggestions! ;-)
agree  Jack Doughty
22 mins
  -> thank you, Jack!
agree  Patricia Townshend (X): I agree with Ken. And, yes, you too Bernhard - as I see it Ken is expanding on your comment!
8 hrs
  -> thank you, Patricia! Cheers. :-))
agree  Dylan Edwards: Good alternatives and plenty of 'em. As I always say :) when there's a whole string of coincidences: Hang on...
9 hrs
  -> Nice. Thank you, Dylan! :-)
agree  Sheila Wilson: the asker's original version is understandable, but not the best, I think - I like your second one best
9 hrs
  -> thank you very much, Sheila!
agree  Jim Tucker (X): all ok, probably prefer Ken's 1st sugg.
10 hrs
  -> thank you much, Jim!
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: Too many coincidences are no coincidence :-)
14 hrs
  -> thank you very much, Paula!
agree  NancyLynn: with Paula
20 hrs
  -> thank you very much, NancyLynn!
agree  V_Nedkov
20 hrs
  -> thank you very much, V. Nedkova!
agree  Vladimir Dubisskiy: too many coincidences are no longer coincidences/ 'kill' sounds awkward to me.
20 hrs
  -> thank you, Vladimir!
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
23 hrs
  -> thank you very much, Sophia!
agree  orientalhorizon
1 day 2 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
below


Explanation:
It's problematic, IMO. I'd change it to something like:

'too many coincidences kill the whole concept/notion of coincidence'

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Note added at 26 mins (2007-11-10 22:22:38 GMT)
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That's better, though personally I'd still throw 'concept' in there. It just makes it clearer that way.

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Note added at 47 mins (2007-11-10 22:43:06 GMT)
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Not at all. The word is used far and beyond science alone. Same as "notion," I simply suggested "concept" because it creates a nice "s" alliteration.

Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 00:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: Too many coincidences kill the coinsidence. ?

Asker: 'concept', I think it sounds a bit scientific, no?

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