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Reegis Posted 9 years ago
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Even the greatest philosophers of modern times tried to unravel the most basic questions and spent a lifetime in pursuit of answers to them.

Hello, everyone.

Is the sentence below grammatically correct?

Even the greatest philosophers of modern times tried to unravel the most basic questions and spent a lifetime in pursuit of answers to them.

Especially I am not sure if it should be 'a lifetime' or 'their lifetimes'.

  

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Even the greatest philosophers of modern times tried to unravel the most basic questions and spent a lifetime in pursuit of answers to them. It is, but I suggest: Even the greatest modern philosophers tried to unravel the most basic questions, spending a lifetime in pursuit of their answers.

  • Even the greatest philosophers of modern times tried to unravel the most basic questions and spent a lifetime in pursuit of answers to them.
  • It is, but I suggest: Even the greatest modern philosophers tried to unravel the most basic questions, spending a lifetime in pursuit of their answers.
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ReegisIs the sentence below grammatically correct?Even the greatest philosophers of modern times tried to unravel the most basic questions and spent a lifetime in pursuit of answers to them.

It is, but I suggest:

Even the greatest modern philosophers tried to unravel the most basic questions, spending a lifetime in pursuit of their answers.

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