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If one cannot exhaustively find a sufficient reply to give in thanks after so much time than I'd say that's logically identical to being unable to reply "in any
by jxramos 9y ago
If one cannot exhaustively find a sufficient reply to give in thanks after so much time than I'd say that's logically identical to being unable to reply "in any way". the emphasis of the former is on the search and it's ultimate futility, the emphasis of the latter for the existence lacking in the first place which precludes any successful search.
- thaumasiotes 9y ago> If one cannot exhaustively find a sufficient reply to give in thanks after so much time than I'd say that's logically identical to being unable to reply "in any way". That is true, but that's not evidence that "ever" can mean "in any way". "You can count on me" and "I won't let you down" are precisely equivalent at the full-sentence level, but there are no equivalences between the individual words (barring "you"/"you" and "I"/"me").