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Pructus Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

What you keep is lost to you.

What you keep is lost to you.

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If this sentence is given, without any context, how would you understand the meaning of?

And, if that sentence is understood as, "You come to lose what you keep to yourself, not giving to someone", then, the proper sentence should be "What you keep is lost FROM you"?
  

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Hi, What you keep is lost to you. ** If this sentence is given, without any context, how would you understand the meaning of? It would sound like a paradox.

  • Hi, What you keep is lost to you.
  • ** If this sentence is given, without any context, how would you understand the meaning of?
  • It would sound like a paradox.
  • I'd start thinking of philosophy rather than about English grammar.
  • And, if that sentence is understood as, "You come to lose what you keep to yourself, not giving to someone", then, the proper sentence should be "What you keep is lost FROM you"?
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Hi,
What you keep is lost to you.

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If this sentence is given, without any context, how would you understand the meaning of? It would sound like a paradox. I'd start thinking of philosophy rather than about English grammar.


And, if that sentence is understood as, "You come to lose what you keep to yourself, not giving to someone", then, the proper sentence sh
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Thanks Clive !!

I see.....

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