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Victor_yyg Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

a sentence--“I to die, and you to live”

when i read something about plato, i found this sentence--I to die, and you to live. i think it's not a integrated sentence. who can give me an explanation? you can see the whole sentence below:

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better, God only knows.
  

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Hi, The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better, *** only knows. The dash makes the words following it part of the sentence.

  • Hi, The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live.
  • Which is better, *** only knows.
  • The dash makes the words following it part of the sentence.
  • The long form of the words would be I go to die, and you go to live , but the repetition of the word 'go' is omitted.
  • It's a very stylish and profound passage.
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Hi,

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better, *** only knows.

The dash makes the words following it part of the sentence. The long form of the words would be I go to die, and you go to live, but the repetition of the word 'go' is omitted.

It's a very styli
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You could argue, of course, that we all go to die.

That may be, but Clive and his partner are going to dance all the way.
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thank you, Clive. i appreciate your help a lot.

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