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Pructus Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Hold no grievances
Hello....
Can the sentence below be understood to mean “As long as you who were created by Love like Itself hold grievances, you cannot know your Self.”?
I mean, wihtout any background knowledge, but only with a native's sesne of English language...
To me, I feel that for the sentence to be interpreted that way, the "no" should be omitted.
Thus, like, "You who were created by Love like Itself can hold grievances and know your Self."
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You who were created by Love like Itself can hold no grievances and know your Self.
Can the sentence below be understood to mean “As long as you who were created by Love like Itself hold grievances, you cannot know your Self.”?
I mean, wihtout any background knowledge, but only with a native's sesne of English language...
To me, I feel that for the sentence to be interpreted that way, the "no" should be omitted.
Thus, like, "You who were created by Love like Itself can hold grievances and know your Self."
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You who were created by Love like Itself can hold no grievances and know your Self.
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No, you need to include no.
For clarity, I'll omit the who were created by Love like Itself part. All of these would have similar meanings:
As long as you hold grievances, you cannot know your Self.
You can hold no grievances and know your Self. (Note that this one is ambiguous, and probably shouldn't be used in this way without f
For clarity, I'll omit the who were created by Love like Itself part. All of these would have similar meanings:
As long as you hold grievances, you cannot know your Self.
You can hold no grievances and know your Self. (Note that this one is ambiguous, and probably shouldn't be used in this way without f
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Thaks a lot, Blue Jay!!
Do you mean, "If you can hold no grievances then, you can know your Self."?
But I don't know how this ends up the sentence I posted.
Do you mean, "If you can hold no grievances then, you can know your Self."?
Blue JayYou cannot hold grievances and know your Self.This seems to be the intended meaning, I guess...
But I don't know how this ends up the sentence I posted.
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