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Old 14-Nov-2006, 15:05
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You have one sentence: we dislike the band, we like the song only
rewrite
Start with:Nothing but
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Old 14-Nov-2006, 15:19
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You have one sentence: we dislike the band, we like the song only
rewrite
Start with:Nothing but
Nothing but one song differentiated this band from the people serving drinks to the customers.
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Old 14-Nov-2006, 15:29
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You have one sentence: we dislike the band, we like the song only
rewrite
Start with:Nothing but

Nothing but musak emanated from this band - with the exception of one song.

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Old 15-Nov-2006, 01:59
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Nothing but screaming teenagers were paying attention in the audience, until they played "Freebird" and all the parents stood up.
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Please, tell the exatcly, I'm not here for joking, you know.
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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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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.
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Old 15-Nov-2006, 10:37
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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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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?
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@ Tdol

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Is this the same as "splitting hairs" ?
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