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Sailsofoblivion Posted 11 years ago
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Bring to life / Brought to life

Hi, just wondering, are these two ways of describing playing music too similar? I know the image is similar, but hopefully it seems different enough...

The only other option I have for the first is changing it to something like "could act as living beings", and I don't think that sounds as good.

"There was something magical, I thought, in the way that instruments could be brought to life, and used as tools to create music."

"my mouth never daring to breathe life into the instrument."
  

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Without seeing the whole passage, it's a bit hard to judge whether there will be any noticeable repetition. It doesn't look to me as if it would be overly repetitious though. "could act as living beings" sounds a bit weird to me (sounds too literal).

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  • Without seeing the whole passage, it's a bit hard to judge whether there will be any noticeable repetition.
  • It doesn't look to me as if it would be overly repetitious though.
  • "could act as living beings" sounds a bit weird to me (sounds too literal).
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Without seeing the whole passage, it's a bit hard to judge whether there will be any noticeable repetition. It doesn't look to me as if it would be overly repetitious though.

"could act as living beings" sounds a bit weird to me (sounds too literal).
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As I told you in another thread, it sounds odd to bring something to life and then use it as a tool (because tools do not have life).

Clive
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