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Riviez Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Our life or our lives?
Could you please tell me what variant is right: “the best things in our life are free” or “...in our lives...” (that was suggested to me by google translate)?
“Our life” in my language (Russian) is equivalent to “humans life”. In English isn’t so?
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That is a proverb. " Any change in that wording has to be deliberate for effect. It also has to be good.
- That is a proverb.
- " Any change in that wording has to be deliberate for effect.
- It also has to be good.
- ” (that was suggested to me by google translate)?
- If we forget about the proverb and look only at the grammar, "our life" does not work there.
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That is a proverb. The wording is "The best things in life are free." Any change in that wording has to be deliberate for effect. It also has to be good.
RiviezCould you please tell me what variant is right: “the best things in our life are free” or “...in our lives...” (that was suggested to me by google translate)?
If we forget about the proverb and
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