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Comment author: Alsadius 13 December 2013 10:32:42PM 1 point [-]

"people have died before" "people have died in past"

Comment author: ygert 14 December 2013 03:33:54PM 1 point [-]

In the past. You lose elegance points if you have to drop words in order to fit what you want to say in the requisate number of syllables.

Comment author: Alsadius 14 December 2013 06:05:52PM 0 points [-]

"in past" is a perfectly valid form. How I talk, really.

Comment author: TobyBartels 15 December 2013 06:10:50AM 0 points [-]

I've heard "in future" before (my mind tags it as British), so "in past" makes sense. But you still have 6 syllables (unless "people have" is only 2, as "peep-lav"?). I came up with "Folks have died before." myself.

Comment author: Alsadius 16 December 2013 06:44:24AM 0 points [-]

I'm bad at syllables. Any time I try haikuing, I almost invariably think one word quickly, ignore the excess syllables I'm not pronouncing, and mess it up.

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