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Listenever Posted 8 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Avengers Infinity War - What did Ebony Maw say?

23 seconds into the video:

Ebony Maw says this line:

Be thankful that your meaningless lives are now _____________________ to the balance...

I hear 'contributing', but most movie quotes say 'contributed'.

What do you hear?

Also, which is better, grammatically?

  

Top answer

"Contributed" is apparently the correct word. " "Contributing" would be ungrammatical in this interpretation.

— Anonymous

  • "Contributed" is apparently the correct word.
  • " "Contributing" would be ungrammatical in this interpretation.
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"Contributed" is apparently the correct word. He's saying: "You're now going to die (for sure), and, consequently, your meaningless lives ( - soon to be extinguished - ) are now (already) contributed to the balance..." "Contributing" would be ungrammatical in this interpretation.

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He says "contributing". This is also what is expected grammatically.

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I clearly hear "contributing" in my ATH-M40fs headphones through my Sony STR-DH810 AV receiver fed by twin GTX 780ti's in SLI. No doubt about it.

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