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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Sentence correction

Is the sentence correct? Just one of those days that passed by unforgotten.

A friend just wrote this sentence, and I just don't get it and it sounds wrong and meaningless to me. What do you think?
  

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Anonymous it sounds wrong and meaningless to me To me, too. Maybe the intention was to write "forgotten" at the end. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous it sounds wrong and meaningless to me To me, too.
  • Maybe the intention was to write "forgotten" at the end.
  • CJ
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Anonymousit sounds wrong and meaningless to me
To me, too. Maybe the intention was to write "forgotten" at the end.

CJ
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I think he meant: one of those days that passes by and can't be forgotten. Does that make sense now? Can the sentence be written similar to what he had written originally?
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AnonymousDoes that make sense now?
Original: Just one of those days that passed by unforgotten.

Your new version: Just one of those days that passes by and can't be forgotten.

The problem with both versions is "just". The word "just" trivializes what is being said, but a day that can't be forgotten certainly can't be a trivia
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So please how would you write the sentence, just out of curiosity, that's if you have an idea what is intended to be said.
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How about: one of those days that can't be forgotten.

I the meaning of that sentence better than: one of those days that passed by unforgotten.

lastly, is it grammatically correct to say: that passed by unforgotten (at the end of the sentence he wrote). Because I think, specifically, this past does not make sense!
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AnonymousHow about: one of those days that can't be forgotten.
That's good.
Anonymousis it grammatically correct to say: that passed by unforgotten ... this past does not make sense
Yes. It's correct. It's not a past. There is no verb "to unforget". "unforgotten" is a secondary predicate, an adjective.

The day p
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So which statment do you think is more natural and better:

one of those days that can't be forgotten; or one of those days that passed by unforgotten.

Sorry for bothering you and thank you very much for your help.
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AnonymousSo which statment do you think is more natural and better:
one of those days that can't be forgotten; or one of those days that passed by unforgotten.
The first.

CJ
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