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MariaAnnaK Posted 6 years ago
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Cut off from something

Which version is better: "Cut off from civilisation" he found true meaning of life.... or "Being cut off from civilisation", he found ...
  

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MariaAnnaK Which version is better: "Cut off from civilisation" he found true meaning of life.... or "Being cut off from civilisation", he found ... It would be "the" true meaning.

  • MariaAnnaK Which version is better: "Cut off from civilisation" he found true meaning of life....
  • or "Being cut off from civilisation", he found ...
  • It would be "the" true meaning.
  • I am not happy with either of these two ways of writing that.
  • They seem unnecessarily succint, truncated, almost offhand, which does not fit the profundity of "meaning of life".
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MariaAnnaK Which version is better: "Cut off from civilisation" he found true meaning of life.... or "Being cut off from civilisation", he found ...

It would be "the" true meaning. I am not happy with either of these two ways of writing that. They seem unnecessarily succint, truncated, almost offhand, which does not fit the profundity of "meaning of life".

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