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14-Nov-2006, 14:05
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You have one sentence: we dislike the band, we like the song only
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Start with:Nothing but  |
14-Nov-2006, 14:19
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| | Re: Nothing but
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Originally Posted by Belly T  You have one sentence: we dislike the band, we like the song only
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Start with:Nothing but | Nothing but one song differentiated this band from the people serving drinks to the customers.  |
14-Nov-2006, 14:29
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| | Re: Nothing but
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Originally Posted by Belly T You have one sentence: we dislike the band, we like the song only
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Start with:Nothing but |
Nothing but musak emanated from this band - with the exception of one song.
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15-Nov-2006, 00:59
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Nothing but screaming teenagers were paying attention in the audience, until they played "Freebird" and all the parents stood up. |
15-Nov-2006, 03:59
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Please, tell the exatcly, I'm not here for joking, you know. |
15-Nov-2006, 08:41
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Originally Posted by Belly T Please, tell the exatcly, I'm not here for joking, you know. |  I'm not sure what the problem is here. You set a task, and got three perfectly good answers. Please explain what 'tell the exatcly' means; we're all trying to help.
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15-Nov-2006, 09:30
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| |  Re: Nothing but
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Originally Posted by Belly T You have one sentence: we dislike the band, we like the song only
rewrite
Start with:Nothing but |
Is this what you mean?
What we like about the band is nothing but their song. |
15-Nov-2006, 09:37
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| | Re: Nothing but
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Originally Posted by eflnow Is this what you mean?
What we like about the band is nothing but their song. | Yes, I thought that might be the sort of thing. But it doesn't fit the specification: 'start with Nothing but'. Using your words, but fitting the spec, gives the incorrect Nothing but their song is what we like about the band 
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15-Nov-2006, 09:47
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Nothing but the song is good about this band.
Mind you, and maybe I'm showing my age, shouldn't they have more than one song?  |
15-Nov-2006, 10:04
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and maybe I'm showing my age
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