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  • How is better?

    From Alexander Koryagin@2:221/6 to All on Fri Jan 29 07:42:34 2021

    Hi, All!

    How is better:

    Don't look into the cake you eat!
    Don't look into the cake you are eating!

    The last one, IMHO, sounds excessively formal to be for a proverb.

    Bye, All!
    Alexander Koryagin

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  • From Anton Shepelev@2:221/6 to Alexander Koryagin on Fri Jan 29 12:36:48 2021
    Alexander Koryagin:

    How is better:

    Which is better.

    Don't look into the cake you eat!
    Don't look into the cake you are eating!

    Good question. My uncertain vote leans toward the second
    version. How about another saw:

    Saw not the bough on which thou sittest.

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