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Nugso Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Supposed to + (be)

Hello all. Is the following sentence correct and natural?

I've fallen in love with someone I'm not supposed to.

I'm in love with someone I'm not supposed to be.

By the way, I'm trying to say it's only me, not the woman.
  

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Nugso Is the following sentence correct and natural? No, not really. I'd repeat more.

  • Nugso Is the following sentence correct and natural?
  • No, not really.
  • I'd repeat more.
  • I've fallen in love with someone I'm not supposed to fall in love with.
  • CJ
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NugsoIs the following sentence correct and natural?
No, not really. I'd repeat more.

I've fallen in love with someone I'm not supposed to fall in love with.

CJ
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Hi, CalifJim. Thanks for the reply. Well, it was what I was wondering actually! Why do we sometimes repeat more and sometimes not? Is the meaning unclear without 'fall in love with'?
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NugsoIs the meaning unclear without 'fall in love with'?
I'm afraid so, especially if you say "someone I'm not supposed to be", because that means you are not supposed to be that person. But you are not that person. You are you.
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Yes! Got it now. How about this version: I've fallen in love with someone I'm not supposed to be with?
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NugsoI've fallen in love with someone I'm not supposed to be with.
OK. It has this meaning:

I've fallen in love with someone I am not supposed [to associate with / to be seen with].
(for example, because she is married or because she is from the wrong social class)

Or even:

I've fallen in love with someone I am not well suited
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Which meaning does your version have? "I've fallen in love with someone I'm not supposed to fall in love with". I wanted to mean the first one.
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NugsoI've fallen in love with someone I'm not supposed to.
This one seems clear and natural enough to me.
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NugsoWhich meaning does your version have? "I've fallen in love with someone I'm not supposed to fall in love with". I wanted to mean the first one.
It is very explicit. It means just what it says. You are not supposed to fall in love with that person. I don't know what that means exactly. It seems to mean that you were forbidden to fall in love wit
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Thanks, CalifJim. I guess you kind of suggest that I add more context to make it clear. Aspara Gus, which meaning does the sentence have?
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NugsoAspara Gus, which meaning does the sentence have?
“I've fallen in love with someone I'm not supposed to fall in love with.”

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