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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Born into this life paying
1) You come into the world paying for what those who preceded you have done.
2) You come into the world, paying for what those who preceded you have done.
Meaning: You come into the world and you start paying for what those who preceded you have done. Obviously, the paying goes on till you are dead.
Are the sentences acceptable?
Is the comma necessary or not?
The paying starts once you come into the world, but it continues till the end of your life. I am not sure the participle could be used this way. The action that follows your birth goes on for a very long time.
Gratefully,
Navi.
2) You come into the world, paying for what those who preceded you have done.
Meaning: You come into the world and you start paying for what those who preceded you have done. Obviously, the paying goes on till you are dead.
Are the sentences acceptable?
Is the comma necessary or not?
The paying starts once you come into the world, but it continues till the end of your life. I am not sure the participle could be used this way. The action that follows your birth goes on for a very long time.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
It’s a philosophical statement, obviously. I interpret it to mean that each person enters the world and inherits the burden of what has happened before. Wars and political situations, caused by many centuries of world development await new population.
- It’s a philosophical statement, obviously.
- I interpret it to mean that each person enters the world and inherits the burden of what has happened before.
- Wars and political situations, caused by many centuries of world development await new population.
- The word ‘paying’ is negative but comes hand-in-hand with ‘inheriting’, depending where one is born and the existing conditions.
- The sentences are grammatical.
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It’s a philosophical statement, obviously. I interpret it to mean that each person enters the world and inherits the burden of what has happened before. Wars and political situations, caused by many centuries of world development await new population. The word ‘paying’ is negative but comes hand-in-hand with ‘inheriting’, depending where one is born and the existing conditions. The sentences a
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