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Bebop Posted 10 years ago
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Short expression

I have a box of medals from school and I took a picture of them and for the caption I put:

What was but never became.

Is this OK?
  

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I don't understand your meaning. Please explain.
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Just saying that I won a lot of competitions but they never amount to anything because I didn't make it to the pros.
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What was but never became. I wouldn't say this is wrong.

But I prefer
eg What was but never was
eg Idle dreams
eg What might have been

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