Thanks guys! This was originally posted by AlphaF at the end of a previous translation thread and I was curious to know what it said.

By the way, in my view if something does not end, it´s per definition infinite.

Does turkish have no means to describe subtle differences like in:

-not every love lasts forever

-every love does not last forever

-no love lasts forever

?

1 and 3 are obviously different and in turkish also they are different. But I couldn´t see the difference between 2 and 1.

1-not every love lasts forever

2-every love does not last forever

My understanding of the difference is:

1 - means - some loves may last forever, some loves will not last forever

(so the possibility of endless love is still there)

2- means - all loves will not last forever.

(so there is no possibility of endless love)

if so then 2-3 are same and 2 means no love lasts forever!

anyway I think 2nd is not a correct way of saying either of these

I agree with you that 2 & 3 mean the same in the end, and the wording of 2 is grammatically correct, but would probably not be used. I think the ´every´ at the start is redundant, and 3 is easier to understand.

But I recognise ZL was trying to make a point about subtle differences in writing.