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Vsuresh Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

sentence correctness

Hi

Please tell me if this sentence is correct.

When he wakes up, he does not know whether it is he who was dreaming as a butterfly, or if it was a butterfly dreaming as him.
  

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When he wakes up, he does not know whether it is he who was dreaming that he was a butterfly or if it was a butterfly dreaming it was him . This sounds very familiar. You would be able to find the definitive sentence if you located the original source, Suresh.

— Mister Micawber

  • When he wakes up, he does not know whether it is he who was dreaming that he was a butterfly or if it was a butterfly dreaming it was him .
  • This sounds very familiar.
  • You would be able to find the definitive sentence if you located the original source, Suresh.
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When he wakes up, he does not know whether it is he who was dreaming that he was a butterfly or if it was a butterfly dreaming it was him.

This sounds very familiar. You would be able to find the definitive sentence if you located the original source, Suresh.
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"The Butterfly Dream"[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zhuangzi_(book)&action=edit§ion=6]
The most famous of all Zhuangzi stories – "Zhuang Zhou Dreams of Being a Butterfly" (Zhuang Zhou mèng dié ????) – appears at the end of the second chap
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Mister MicawberWhen he wakes up, he does not know whether it is he who was dreaming that he was a butterfly or if it was a butterfly dreaming it was him.
This sounds perfect. I felt the way it was worded was sounding odd but was struggling to rephrase it.

Thank you,sir.
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Thank you for your help, fivejedjon.
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