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Does German give this sentence any distinction in meaning of "also" between those meanings in: "Firemen are humans. Students are also humans." and "Students are not just students, but more generally they are also humans."?
Not in writing.
In speaking, you can hear a difference depending on which word is stressed -- your "firemen" example would be "Studenten sind AUCH Menschen" while the "more generally" example would be "Studenten sind auch MENschen".
In one of the sentences it is <<Stundentin>> and then the other one is <<Studenten>> why cant it just be one of them???
Studentin is one female student
Studenten is multiple students (either specifically male students or, for many speakers, students in general)
Both are words and they mean different things; you would use whichever one corresponds to what you want to say.
Okay, Studentin is one female student. Studenten are plural students, either male or a mixed group. Plural female students are 'Studentinnen'.
Because in today's English, "men" usually means "male adult humans", whereas Menschen does not have the connotation of "male" (or even of "adult").
I don't know why someone downvoted you, but as mizinamo said, "men" means male in modern English most of the time. It is a great question though because not too long ago you heard "men" use to refer to people in general all the time. In fact, last week I heard a middle-aged woman say "We as men need to..." and it hit me just how outdated that usage has become in a hurry.
I'd like to add that while that particular use of the word men has become dated, it's still common to hear expressions like "man versus machine" or "man's greatest achievement".
The usual word order with "also" is after the verb, not right at the end of the sentence as is possible with "too": "Students are also humans."
"Uni students are people also" was marked incorrect showing I should have used "too" instead of "also" here. I think it is splitting hairs. I read Mizinamo's explanation about also following the verb. However, I think it is a matter of emphasis that can allow the interchange of word placement. At least in English.
Because you put a "the" at the beginning of the sentence, which changes the meaning.
No one except German Americans would know what "Uni students" means. This answer must have recently changed.
For what it's worth 'uni student' is a common British construction as well...
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Okay this is ridiculous!! First, I put "Students are people too," and it was "wrong," and the comment at the bottom was "Students are people also." So the question comes around a second time for me to answer "right" this time. So I put "Students are people also," and it said it was wrong - and the comment at the bottom was - get this - "Students are people too" as the "right" answer. So, Duo - WHICH ONE IS IT???
Just had 'students are also people' rejected. That seems incorrect, does Menschen really only mean 'humans'?
No, Menschen means "people" too.
https://www.dict.cc/?s=Menschen
So your answer is correct. However it sounds like it could be saying that students are people as well as something else rather than as well as students. To say the latter you would normally say "students are people too". It is a subtle distinction that some people will argue about but that is my explanation as to why your answer might not be in the list of correct answers. It is common to have ambiguous meanings when using "too" and "also" as it can be unclear what element in the sentence they are referring to.
Eh? No. One student, two students.
"Two student" is not correct English.
I put in this exact phrase and it was marked as wrong, so there's definitely sething wonky with the question. Does anyone know how to let developers know about this?
