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Fold scarf 101 Posted 3 years ago
Grammar

Bite the hand that feeds

1. In politics, if you bite the hand that feeds, benefactors can very quickly crush your political future.

2. Don’t bite the hand that feeds.

Are these grammatically correct?


https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/bite-the-hand-that-feeds.296001/#post-1843363

  

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You copied it out of an idiom dictionary. Why don't you just ask if we think it is a good example? com/bite+the+hand+that+feeds+(you )

— AlpheccaStars

  • You copied it out of an idiom dictionary.
  • Why don't you just ask if we think it is a good example?
  • com/bite+the+hand+that+feeds+(you )
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You copied it out of an idiom dictionary. Why don't you just ask if we think it is a good example?

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/bite+the+hand+that+feeds+(you)

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fold scarf 101Are these grammatically correct?

It's a matter of usage, not grammar. "You" is standard, and it sounds wrong to me without it. Always use "you", and nobody will notice. Omit "you", and it will grate on some people's ears.

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