Klarinet Archive - Posting 000263.txt from 2000/10

From: David Glenn <notestaff@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] immer
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 19:03:08 -0400

Rien Stein wrote:

> At first I did not want to intermingle with the discussion on "Immer kleiner", but I was amazed to see it is officially translated into "always smaller", an expression that, if my knowledge of the English language is good enough, has a meaning quit different from "ever smaller". Of course "Immer kleiner"means "smaller and smaller", so it should be "ever smaller" I think
>
> Rien

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It would depend on the context. I think both could be right.

David

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