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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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me freedom from grief,they gave

*me freedom from grief,they gave

does we have in english any kind of structure like this or not?! mean that is it ok even in old fashion english??

thanks indeed
  

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It sounds very Biblical, but it is certainly OK. The comma should be omitted. Last night, at morning time, me freedom from grief they gave, And in that darkness of night, me the water-of-life they gave .

— Mister Micawber

  • It sounds very Biblical, but it is certainly OK.
  • The comma should be omitted.
  • Last night, at morning time, me freedom from grief they gave, And in that darkness of night, me the water-of-life they gave .
  • The punctuation seems to be a little odd throughout the translation.
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It sounds very Biblical, but it is certainly OK. The comma should be omitted.

Last night, at morning time, me freedom from grief they gave,
And in that darkness of night, me the water-of-life they gave.

The punctuation seems to be a little odd throughout the translation.
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