Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
kill
English answer:
is/are no longer/can't be (a coincidence)
Added to glossary by
Bernhard Sulzer
Nov 10, 2007 21:55
16 yrs ago
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kill
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Too many coincidences kill the coincidences!
does it sound English? Thank you in advance.
does it sound English? Thank you in advance.
Responses
| 3 +12 | is/are no longer |
Bernhard Sulzer
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| 4 | below |
Mark Berelekhis
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| 3 | too many coincidences is an incidence. |
Andrey Belousov (X)
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Nov 14, 2007 19:51: Bernhard Sulzer Created KOG entry
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Bernhard Sulzer
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is/are no longer
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
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
Peer comment(s):
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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',...'
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thanks, yours are great suggestions! ;-)
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Jack Doughty
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thank you, Jack!
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Patricia Townshend (X)
: I agree with Ken. And, yes, you too Bernhard - as I see it Ken is expanding on your comment!
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thank you, Patricia! Cheers. :-))
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Dylan Edwards
: Good alternatives and plenty of 'em. As I always say :) when there's a whole string of coincidences: Hang on...
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Nice. Thank you, Dylan! :-)
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Sheila Wilson
: the asker's original version is understandable, but not the best, I think - I like your second one best
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thank you very much, Sheila!
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Jim Tucker (X)
: all ok, probably prefer Ken's 1st sugg.
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thank you much, Jim!
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
: Too many coincidences are no coincidence :-)
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thank you very much, Paula!
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NancyLynn
: with Paula
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thank you very much, NancyLynn!
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V_Nedkov
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thank you very much, V. Nedkova!
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Vladimir Dubisskiy
: too many coincidences are no longer coincidences/ 'kill' sounds awkward to me.
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thank you, Vladimir!
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Sophia Finos (X)
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thank you very much, Sophia!
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orientalhorizon
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Bernhard!
Thanks for the comments!"
8 mins
too many coincidences is an incidence.
Let's play around it a bit.))
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Mark Berelekhis
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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.
'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.
Note from asker:
| Too many coincidences kill the coinsidence. ? |
| 'concept', I think it sounds a bit scientific, no? |
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