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Terence Eden

Which of these phrases is more semantically correct:

"It is a sin to ask and forbidden to know"

or

"It is forbidden to ask and a sin to know"

For bonus points - where the hell did my brain pick that phrase up from?! Fairly sure I read or heard it recently, but jiggered if I can remember where.

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Chris Ellis

@Edent to my mind, they sem semantically different. But what do I know.

clew

To me as well. But one of them is practically possible and the other isn't: you can't forbid people knowing something, only the actions that might get there.

@intrbiz @Edent

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Chris Ellis

@clew @Edent I guess plenty of governments would love to...

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