I am trying to write a sentence similar to the following sentence in German:
Selbst/Sogar die besten Schwimmer ertrinken können.
In English, my sentence would be:
Even the best swimmers can drown.
Should I use "selbst" or sogar"?
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Sign up to join this communityI am trying to write a sentence similar to the following sentence in German:
Selbst/Sogar die besten Schwimmer ertrinken können.
In English, my sentence would be:
Even the best swimmers can drown.
Should I use "selbst" or sogar"?
There is no difference in what both variants express.
But the correct order of words is
Selbst/Sogar die besten Schwimmer können ertrinken.