invisible121

[swift flume]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[granite ether]

1. There used to be but not anymore
2. There’s no
3. ❓Where did you find that one

[lavish narwhal]

i think the last ones wrong, i got confused

thanks

wait but als

also

how do you know when to use 1 and when to use 2?

[granite ether]

Use first when you want to emphasize that there was at some point

Or if there was at some point

Use 2 if there never was (sometimes it is used even if there was at some point so that’s overcomplicating stuff)

Examples:

[lavish narwhal]

what does encore mean? some of the questions had it. is it related?

[sacred laurel]

Since 'plus' is 'more' and 'ne' negates it:

There is not any__more__/there is no longer.

[granite ether]

Il n’y a plus d’argent dans ma tirelire (there’s no money left in my piggybank, it was all used)
Il n’y a pas d’argent dans ma tirelire (my piggybank is empty, I’m just saying that you won’t find money in it)

Not great examples ngl

First one emphasizes that there used to be

Second one just describes the actual state of it

[granite ether]

Encore means again

[lavish narwhal]

ohh

[lavish narwhal]

i see

[lavish narwhal]

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