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Perfect Stranger Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

To eat or to be eaten

Hi,

I'm not sure if one should say:

It's just another chicken to eat.

or

It's just another chicken to be eaten.

Thanks
  

Top answer

I'm not familiar with the expression, but either way is grammatically correct.

  • I'm not familiar with the expression, but either way is grammatically correct.
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I'm not familiar with the expression, but either way is grammatically correct.
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As a matter of fact it's not an experession... just a sentence Emotion: smile

I just want to know how the meaning changes if I use the fr
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Perfect StrangerI just want to know how the meaning changes if I use the frist one or the other one.
No change that I know of.
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I see. Thank you. Which one of the two would you use if you were in this situation: you see a chicken running around and you know it's gonna end up on your plate...

I know it's a weird question

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