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Pructus Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Nothing around you but is part of you

Hello, dear Members and Gurus!!

How about this sentence.
I know the meaning but the structure seems elusive.

"Nothing around you but is part of you".

The meaning is that anything around you is part of you.
Then, the structure was (A) "Nothing but part of you is around you"?

Or, is it (B) "Nothing is around you but part of you"? --->> In this case, I am sure on the usage of "but"....

Or, (C) is the sentence some kind of poetic one?
Not caring much about the structure and grammar?
  

Top answer

This is by the same author. "Nothing you gave to specialness but is his due". And its meaning is that anything you gave to specialness is his due, which means that if you think something is special about someone, then he is also special.

— Pructus

  • This is by the same author.
  • "Nothing you gave to specialness but is his due".
  • And its meaning is that anything you gave to specialness is his due, which means that if you think something is special about someone, then he is also special.
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This is by the same author.

"Nothing you gave to specialness but is his due".

And its meaning is that anything you gave to specialness is his due, which means that if you think something is special about someone, then he is also special.
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She was obviously insane when she wrote that line. She claimed to have been channeling Jesus, and He would have used good grammar. Forget you read it. It is not standard English.
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pructusis the sentence some kind of poetic one?
I would say so. Yes. It certainly is mystic, not to say cryptic. I see it like this, with 'but' carrying the idea of 'except':

Nothing around you but is part of you ~ There is nothing around you that is not part of you.

CJ
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pructusNothing you gave to specialness but is his due
Similarly,

There is nothing you gave to specialness that was not something that specialness deserved.

Equally strange. 'specialness' may refer to a person regarded as special in some way.

CJ
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Oh, I see... I see....

Thanks so much for the clear explanations, CalifJim and enoon!!
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