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[ Wiktionnaire : ] Lexicalisation de pour tant, du latin pro tanto.

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  • Éléments de réponse à trouver dans le TLF.
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    Commented Aug 6, 2017 at 8:46

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Non, car l'expression "séparée" qui a (grosso modo) ce sens est pour autant.

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    À quelle question réponds-tu ?
    – Stéphane Gimenez
    Commented Aug 7, 2017 at 11:57
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The contrast is implied rather than expressed. Compare the English "You tried hard, and for all that, you did not succeed."

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