can someone help me revise this one sentence please?

Question

the sentence:

We are left not unknowing if Anny Beth and Melly died of a young age or they or they started over again.


i think i had a brain fart haha but can u rewrite it? it sounds wrong?



thank u so much

Answer 1

you have a double negative in there, among other things, which may be what's causing it to sound wrong. here's how I'd write it:

We are left not knowing whether Anny Beth and Melly died young, or if they started life over again.

Hope that sounds better to you, and doesn't change facts or anything like that.

Answer 2

We are left unknowing whether Anny Beth and Melly died at a young age, or if they started their lives over again......

Answer 3

It is left unclear if Anny Beth and Melly died of a young age or whether they started over again.

Answer 4

We are left not knowing if Anny Beth and Melly died at a young age or if they started a new life.

Answer 5

Whether Anny Beth and Melly died at a young age, or simply moved on to begin a new chapter in their lives, shall forever remain a mystery.

Answer 6

We are left not knowing whether Anny Beth and Melly died of a young age or if they started over again. (my question here is started WHAT over again?)

We are left not knowing whether or not Anny Beth and Melly died of a young age.

Answer 7

We are left not knowing if Anny Beth and Melly died at a young age or if they started over again.

you had double negatives when you said "not" and "unknowingly" which means that you know... and you had "or they" twice

Answer 8

Yeah that sentence is a mess. Start by neutralizing the double negative and then address the articles and clarify the subject verb agreement. It might need to be two sentences. You have to know what you're talking about to say things.