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Cobra blue 917 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

"Forgive us for the beasts we are."

Hi everyone! I would really appreciate your help with the following sentence:

"Forgive us for the beasts we are."

The intended meaning of this sentence is "forgive us for being beasts", but I would really like to use it in this form in a song for rhythmic/phonetic reasons. Is it grammatically acceptable?

Many thanks!
Evelyn

  

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cobra blue 917 Is it grammatically acceptable? Not to my ear. May I offer a minor change?

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  • cobra blue 917 Is it grammatically acceptable?
  • Not to my ear.
  • May I offer a minor change?
  • Forgive us; the beasts that we are.
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cobra blue 917Is it grammatically acceptable?

Not to my ear. May I offer a minor change?

Forgive us; the beasts that we are.

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I think it's fine, especially in a song where slightly unnatural constructions are often used for rhythmic/phonetic reasons.

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