Timeline for Indefinite article for standalone nouns
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| Oct 17, 2016 at 17:39 | comment | added | Papa Poule | +1 for among other things noting that “C'est tout ce que je veux/voulais dire” isn't the best choice here because I think even in English "That's all I want/ed to say” sounds weird (unless it’s a politician [or Forrest Gump] trying to abruptly cut things short; but in that case they wouldn’t open the floor to questions). Imo, even your suggestion of “C'est tout ce que j'avais à dire,” although resolving the potential "vouloir[+]dire" ambiguity, could arguably be deemed weird for the same [English] reason & maybe something like “Ainsi s'achève [mon exposé. Q?..C?]” would sound less abrupt. | |
| Oct 16, 2016 at 22:51 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO nous est hostile' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 16, 2016 at 22:45 | history | answered | Gilles 'SO nous est hostile' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |