Can i say "i will die alone and bitter"? As in, i will be a bitter old woman?

Answer 1

Yeah, that's perfectly acceptable English, except for the capitalization and punctuation obviously.

Edit: I don't believe she asked "what sounds better?" The question was "can I say" and the above statement is completely grammatical. "Alone and bitter" actually out googles "bitter and alone" by 5:1 so it can hardly be claimed that "bitter and alone" is preferred usage. ("Die alone and bitter" gets 1,160 hits, by the way.) Frankly, the only rational objection that could be made about it in terms of usage is that it's almost a cliche.

Answer 2

Yes, but for some reason "bitter and alone" sounds better.

Answer 3

well yoy can die alone because you are bitter, or you can die bitter because you are alone. That sentence can be interpreted both ways depending on what preceeds it.

you can simply say "I will die an old bitter woman"

Answer 4

Not really... but you could say:

"I ll probably die lonely and embittered"

So one can be "a bitter person" BUT if you want to express that you ll do sth having bitter feelings etc, you need to use the word "embittered"- it expresses that you have a feeling of bitterness.
Btw, there also is the idiom "filled with bitterness" in English which expresses the same as "embittered".
;-)

Answer 5

You can say it, but I really hope you don't (die alone and bitter)!

Answer 6

Yes, although there's nothing in the statement to suggest you'd be old.

Answer 7

Yes, you can say that--Just capitalize the "I" and it'll be fine--but I hope you're talking about someone in a story and not yourself!