It wasn't until vs. not until ... did
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1. It wasn’t until the early 1800s that the word “celebrity” came to mean “a well-known or famous person,” according to the dictionary.
2. According to the dictionary, not until the early 1800s did the word “celebrity” come to mean “a well-known or famous person.”
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1. It wasn’t until the early 1800s that the word “celebrity” came to mean “a well-known or famous person,” according to the dictionary.
2. According to the dictionary, not until the early 1800s did the word “celebrity” come to mean “a well-known or famous person.”
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3. Dictionaries say that not until the early 1800s did the word “celebrity” come to mean “a well-known or famous person.”
4. Lexicographers say that not until the early 1800s did the word “celebrity” come to mean “a well-known or famous person.”
A n. 3 começa com "Dictionaries"; a n. 4 com "Lexicographers".
Talvez possamos "enxugar" mais ainda a frase, seguindo a cartilha americana do tipo "quanto menos palavras, melhor".
3. Dictionaries say that not until the early 1800s did the word “celebrity” come to mean “a well-known or famous person.”
4. Lexicographers say that not until the early 1800s did the word “celebrity” come to mean “a well-known or famous person.”
A n. 3 começa com "Dictionaries"; a n. 4 com "Lexicographers".
Talvez possamos "enxugar" mais ainda a frase, seguindo a cartilha americana do tipo "quanto menos palavras, melhor".
Desculpem-me a insistência. (Nunca sei quando jogar a toalha). Aqui vai mais uma derivada das anteriores:
5. Lexicographers say the word celebrity came to mean a well-known or famous person around the early 1800s.
Would this last attempt at English still meet [with] long blank stares and outright, ever-lasting indifference?
5. Lexicographers say the word celebrity came to mean a well-known or famous person around the early 1800s.
Would this last attempt at English still meet [with] long blank stares and outright, ever-lasting indifference?