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If "She is not what she used to be" was converted to "She is not the thing that she used to be", would it still sound OK and make the same sense?
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Taka would it still sound OK No. There is a folk song called "The Old Gray Mare" that goes "The old gray mare She ain't what she used to be, Ain't what she used to be, Ain't what she used to be. " "What she used to be" is more or less a fixed expression.
- Taka would it still sound OK No.
- There is a folk song called "The Old Gray Mare" that goes "The old gray mare She ain't what she used to be, Ain't what she used to be, Ain't what she used to be.
- " "What she used to be" is more or less a fixed expression.
- Taka make the same sense?
- No.
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Taka would it still sound OK
No. There is a folk song called "The Old Gray Mare" that goes
"The old gray mare
She ain't what she used to be,
Ain't what she used to be,
Ain't what she used to be.
The old gray mare
She ain't what she used to be,
Many long years ago."
"What she used to be" is more or less a fixed
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