"Please, stop telling any more lies."

windy05

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This phrase ("Please, stop telling any more lies.") came up in a rephrasing exercise with a student, and though it sound strange to me (and so does "Please, stop telling more lies."), I can't really explain why so I'm not sure if it is wrong or it's just me.
 

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I would not say either of those.

I'd be more likely to say "Stop lying". or just "Don't lie".
 

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This The phrase no bracket here "Please, stop telling any more lies no full stop here" no bracket here came up in a rephrasing exercise with a student, and though it sound strange to me (and so does "Please, stop telling more lies no full stop here"), I can't really explain why so I'm not sure if it is wrong or it's just me.
Please note my changes above. When quoting a full sentence in quotation marks, only use the closing punctuation mark if the surrounding sentence has also finished.
I don't like either of them. I'd use either 5jj's suggestions or "Please don't tell lies".
 
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