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Gianluigi Salin Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Phrase elements correct order in modern English

Hello,
in shakespeare sonetto I have these phrases:

And every fair from fair sometime declines

and

When in eternal lines to time you grow

Whai is their correct elements order in modern English?

Tks
  

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html It's suggestion are: And everything beautiful sometime will lose its beauty Because in my eternal verse you will live forever. It's not possible to put the actual sonnet words in a new order and have them make sense in modern English.

— Pronunciationkaren

  • html It's suggestion are: And everything beautiful sometime will lose its beauty Because in my eternal verse you will live forever.
  • It's not possible to put the actual sonnet words in a new order and have them make sense in modern English.
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There is a modern rendering of the sonnet here:

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18detail.html

It's suggestion are:
And everything beautiful sometime will lose its beauty
Because in my eternal verse you will live forever.

It's not possible to put the actu
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