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Keanu85 Posted 11 years ago
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"Life is what we make it; Perfect is what we make each other" Is this correct? The message I wanted to say is "we make our own life and we make each other perfect"
  

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As they say, no one is perfect. " Your aphorism is grammatically well structured. " But you've transposed the order to keep parallel with the first clause.

  • As they say, no one is perfect.
  • " Your aphorism is grammatically well structured.
  • " But you've transposed the order to keep parallel with the first clause.
  • Well played!
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As they say, no one is perfect.

"Live is what we make it; complete is what me make each other."

Your aphorism is grammatically well structured. Often we say that life is what we make of it, but you have preserved the direct object to keep parallel with "make each other." Most often in English, the objects follows the verb "to make": "we make each other perfect." But y

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