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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Does "Not what I miss, but I can not go back the past" sound natural?
Should we edit it into:
Not what I miss, but I can not go back to the past
Not what I miss, but I can not go back to the past
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"I can not go back to the past" is correct. I don't understand what you mean by "Not what I miss," or how it relates to the second part of the sentence.
- "I can not go back to the past" is correct.
- I don't understand what you mean by "Not what I miss," or how it relates to the second part of the sentence.
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"I can not go back to the past" is correct. I don't understand what you mean by "Not what I miss," or how it relates to the second part of the sentence.
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What the author intended to express is"who/what I miss is not the one that I ever loved, what I miss is the past/the old time that I cannot go back to now."
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"Should we edit it into:..."
No, do not edit the original sentence that way. It's not "edit", but to damage a sentence which is grammatically correct and so meaningful!
Maybe you can shorten it this way: "What I miss is the pass..., but not the one I ever loved".
No, do not edit the original sentence that way. It's not "edit", but to damage a sentence which is grammatically correct and so meaningful!
Maybe you can shorten it this way: "What I miss is the pass..., but not the one I ever loved".
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