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Ricorda l’importanza di immaginare un contesto reale nel quale la frase in questione avrebbe senso, prima di procedere con la traduzione.
Ecco la nuova frase:
Buon divertimento!
Nessuno di noi avrebbe mai saputo dell’arresto di Tom se non fosse stato per quella telefonata anonima a tarda notte. Mi chiedo chi sia stato.
Good afternoon
my attempt:
None of us would have ever known about Tom’s arrest if that anonymous phone call in the late night hadn’t been. I wonder who it was.
Thank you very much
Good, but in the second half of the main sentence you need to keep closer to the Italian and start with, “if it hadn’t been for…late in the night.” An alternative would be “that anonymous late night phone call”.
Well done. 🙂
Sorry for my delay,
None of us would have ever know about Tom’s arrest if it wasn’t for that anonymous late night phone, I wonder who it was
Very good, Fede. Just a couple of points I would like to pick up on:
The rest is perfect. 🙂
Thanks for your important tips, I didn”t remember to pur ever between two auxiliaries and I had many douts about simple past and past perfect that is necessari in the 3rd conditonal
Have a good SUNDAY
You too! 🙂
None of us would ever have known about Tom’s arrest if had not been for that anonymous phone call. I wonder who it was.
Very good, Nadia. Just two things:
Well done! 🙂
None of us would ever nhave known of ( about?) Tom’s arrest if it had not been for that anonymous call late at night ( at dead of night) : I wondder who could ( might?) have been
Very good, Carla.
“Of” and “about” are both good in this context, although I would probably choose “about”.
In the last part, you need a subject: “I wonder who it could have been.” (Or: “I wonder who it was.”)
N.B. You could also say, “…that anonymous late night phone call.”
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Good morning,
None of us would have ever found out about Tom’s arrest if It hadn’t been for that anonymous call in the middle of the night (late at night).I still wonder Who It could be.
Very good, Roby.
Be careful with the position of “ever” (and other adverbs) when there are TWO auxiliaries. It must go between them: “…would ever have found out…”
Keeping to your expression at the end, one would have to say: “…who it could have been.” The alternative is “who it was”.
N.B. You could also say, “…anonymous late night call”.
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nothing doing eh With the position of adverbs !!!! I can’t keep It in mind!!!! But now, I promise I Will!!!!
We shall see! I’ll keep a close eye on you! 😉
please do! 🙏😊
Maybe even both! 🙂
…eh già infatti: Who It could have been!!!!!!!!
None of us would have never known about Tom’s arrested if it hadn’t been for that namelesse call late at night. I’m wondering who it was.
Hi folks. Your verb tenses in the first part are all good which is important. There are, however, one or two small adjustments to be made:
You could also say: “…that anonymous late night call”
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Thanks Tony, a lot of mistakes because the sentence was translated by Aurelio 😱
So, will it be your turn next week? 😉
Nessuno di noi avrebbe mai saputo dell’arresto di Tom se non fosse stato per quella telefonata anonima a tarda notte. Mi chiedo chi sia stato.
Sorry I’m late. So, Tony, “None of us would have ever known about his arrest/detention if it hadn’t been for that late night’s anonymous call. I wonder who did it.”
Hi Toni, just a couple of small improvements here:
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Hey Tony, Yeah, maybe I need a quick brushing-up on the adverb positions in those patterns. As to the last point, I thought that I could use “to do” as a substitute for a mentioned action.
Thanks for all your feedback.
Good evening, Teacher, today is very difficult but I’ll try anyway
Nessuno di noi avrebbe mai saputo dell’arresto di Tom se non fosse stato per quella telefonata anonima a tarda notte. Mi chiedo chi sia stato.
None of us would ever know about Tom’s arrest if it hadn’t been for that anonimous call in the late night.
I wonder who he was
Anita, “would ever know” is not “past” enough. Here you need “would ever have known”. The rest is all good except that a more typical form would be, “anonymous late night call”.
Also, at the end, I would remain in the impersonal: “I wonder who it was.”
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Nobody of us would have know about Tom’s capture if it wasn’t forthat call late in hte night.I wonder who it cold had been
Close, Luca, but a few things to sort out:
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Nobody of us could ever know about Tom’s capture if it wasn’t for that call in the very late night. I wonder who did it.
I forgot “anonymous”, sorry…
There’s a bit of a problem here with your verb tenses, Renato. Do you want to try again before I correct you?
Ok thank you.
Nobody of us could ever had known about Tom’s capture if it hadn’t been for that anonymous call in the very late night. I wonder who have done it.
Here are my notes:
Da prendere nota…
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Thank you very much, Tony!
😀👍
ciao!
None of us would ever have known about Tom’s arrest if it hadn’t been for that anonymous phone call at late night.I wonder who did
Very close, Davide! Just two small things:
Have a great weekend! 🙂