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"The inspiration is all you" -- correct?



 
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"The inspiration is all you" -- correct? #1 (permalink) Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:52 pm   "The inspiration is all you" -- correct?
 

Is it correct grammatically or is there any other, better alternative? --

I was never this fluent at English. The inspiration is all you.

I tried translating from my mother tongue and thought that
"all you" would sound nice.
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"The inspiration is all you" -- correct? #2 (permalink) Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:58 pm   "The inspiration is all you" -- correct?
 

My inspiration has came from all of you./ from you all.
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"The inspiration is all you" -- correct? #3 (permalink) Fri Aug 14, 2009 13:05 pm   "The inspiration is all you" -- correct?
 

Hi Gray,

Your sentence has a ring about it but I'm not quite sure why. Let me offer: You are all of my inspiration. No?

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"The inspiration is all you" -- correct? #4 (permalink) Fri Aug 14, 2009 13:34 pm   "The inspiration is all you" -- correct?
 

Alan wrote:
Your sentence has a ring about it but I'm not quite sure why.


Does this mean that it is incorrect? Confused

Alan wrote:
Let me offer: You are all of my inspiration. No?


Yes, it sounds good.

With 'you' intended to be singular, I wanted the sentence to be free-flowing.
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