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28.12.2018, 00:14
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Hi all,
Story: father died and his son would like to make a tattoo to remember him.
Which one is the best:
1. You never left!
or
2. You've never left!
Thanks in advance for your time.
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28.12.2018, 01:17
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| | | Re: Grammar Question
It depends on what you are trying to say....
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28.12.2018, 09:48
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Story: father died and his son would like to make a tattoo to remember him.
| | | | | I wouldn't bother if I were him.
If he can't remember his dad without a tattoo reminding him of the fact then they couldn't have been that close.
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28.12.2018, 12:46
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| | | Re: Grammar Question
| Quote: | | | | | Hi all,
Story: father died and his son would like to make a tattoo to remember him.
Which one is the best:
1. You never left!
or
2. You've never left!
Thanks in advance for your time. | | | | | As said already, it depends on what the son wants to say ...
If he wants to say that his father was always there for him, and could be relied upon constantly when he was alive, then I'd go for #1.
If, instead, he wants to say that his father is still with him today, in spirit or memory, then I'd go for #2.
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28.12.2018, 14:31
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| | | Re: Grammar Question
For the purposes of brevity but clarity, go with the simple version.
The tattoo owner knows what exactly it means, so no need to complicate things with apostrophes and fancy tenses.
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28.12.2018, 15:06
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| | | Re: Grammar Question
| Quote: | | | | | Hi all,
Story: father died and his son would like to make a tattoo to remember him.
Which one is the best:
1. You never left!
or
2. You've never left!
Thanks in advance for your time. | | | | | Have it on your right hand with the text "You're never left".
I will also help you in your daily life, I feel.
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30.12.2018, 21:56
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| | | Re: Grammar Question
Take the exclamation mark off.
Never forgotten? (Without the ?)
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30.12.2018, 22:56
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| | | Re: Grammar Question
Technicaly as we all carry the dna of our parents, they never really do leave.
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31.12.2018, 15:16
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| | | Re: Grammar Question
option one makes more sense
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