Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Proverb
Is this sentence grammatical:
"Where I come from there is a proverb that says: 'A disgrace never comes alone'."
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Top answer
Christine Christie A disgrace never comes alone. It's grammatical, but translated into English it's very hard to understand what it's supposed to mean. CJ
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Christine ChristieA disgrace never comes alone.
It's grammatical, but translated into English it's very hard to understand what it's supposed to mean.
CJ
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A similar proverb in English is "Misfortunes never come singly." Shakespeare has "When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions." Your sentence is fine except for the colon.
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