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says…

L'absence  de
Adposition
  réponse
Noun
  ne
🚫
Adverb
  retire
Verb
  pas de
  point
Noun
.

The absence of a response does not remove a point.
Words and sentences
New
de

New
réponse

  1. response, answer, reply (a communication)
  2. response, reaction (biological or organic process effected by an foreign agent)
  3. retort, comeback

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New
ne

  1. not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
  2. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
  3. Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-called "pleonastic" or "expletive" ne.
  4. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative

New
retire

  1. inflection of retirer:
  2. inflection of retirer:

New
pas de

without

New
point

New
pas

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