Re: [HM] "exception that PROVES the rule"

Subject: Re: [HM] "exception that PROVES the rule"
From: M.Carmen Hernandez-Martin (mchm@cica.es)
Date: Fri Mar 03 2000 - 08:39:33 EST

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Ulrich Fahrenberg Wrote:
>
> Another argument for this would be that the german equivalent of the
> phrase is "Die Ausnahme bestaetigt die Regel", meaning "the exception
> establishes the truth of the rule" rather than "tests".

In Spain we say "la excepcion confirma la regla", that is, "the exception
confirms the rule".

Saludos desde Sevilla
M.Carmen Hernandez-Martin

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