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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread does the expression "without abate" exist in English? #181732 01/15/2009 7:23 AM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 gyoliver stranger gyoliver stranger Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 For example, "the storms winds blew without abate", or some such usage. "without fail" and "continues unabated" exist. Somehow, I have it in my head that "without abate" exists, but maybe a couple different expressions are getting mixed up in my head? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the expression "without abate" exist in English? gyoliver #181733 01/15/2009 7:41 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass From wrath-red dawn to wrath-red dawn, The guns have brayed without abate; And now the sick sun looks upon The bleared, blood-boltered fields of hate As if it loathed to rise again. from Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, by Robert William Service link Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the expression "without abate" exist in English? tsuwm #181734 01/15/2009 7:49 AM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 gyoliver stranger gyoliver stranger Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 thanks for that! i did my own search on the internet for "continues without abate" and it only came up with 26 hits... i guess at best it's a pretty estoeric usage. i used it in a translation i did for a japanese company and they flagged it as incorrect. perhaps they're basically correct. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the expression "without abate" exist in English? gyoliver #181735 01/15/2009 11:34 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 You might say, "endlessly" or something like that, depending on the context. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the expression "without abate" exist in English? Faldage #181742 01/15/2009 5:41 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA "without-abate" gets 1170 hits dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the expression "without abate" exist in English? dalehileman #181744 01/15/2009 5:46 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Quote: Originally Posted By: dalehileman "without-abate" gets 1170 hits Just so I can keep learning how to use the computer: where do you go to get these "hits"? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the expression "without abate" exist in English? LukeJavan8 #181753 01/15/2009 10:04 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I get 1190. <shrug> link (some call these ghits, for google-hits.) -joe (but note many of these are specious) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the expression "without abate" exist in English? tsuwm #181756 01/15/2009 11:52 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: tsuwm I get 1190. <shrug> link I get 1,560 ghits going to tsuwm's link. YMMV. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the expression "without abate" exist in English? Faldage #181772 01/16/2009 12:51 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I get "about 1,500". formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the expression "without abate" exist in English? LukeJavan8 #181786 01/16/2009 4:22 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Just so I can keep learning how to use the computer: where do you go to get these "hits"? google.com Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the expression "without abate" exist in English? AnnaStrophic #181798 01/16/2009 5:55 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX I get "about 1220" which seemed small enough to try paging through them to see if it really thought there were anything like that many. The estimate went up to 1230 for a few pages, but it stopped at the 187th hit having decided all the rest were too similar to count. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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