YOU SAID:
There once was a man with no eyes
INTO JAPANESE
かつて目のない男がいた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There used to be a man with no eyes.
INTO JAPANESE
かつては目のない男がいた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There used to be a man without eyes.
INTO JAPANESE
かつては目のない男がいた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There used to be a man without eyes.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.