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| - Certain combinations of words fit together. Others are either completely meaningless, are incredibly bad grammar to the point they should be discounted, or are incredibly formal to the point where they should be discounted.
* "Demetri's" is either a possessive or a contraction of "Demetri is." If it's a possessive, it can be followed by "will" (if it is used as a noun). I seriously doubt "Mark" is being used to refer to anything other than the character or that "die" is being used as a noun. If "Demetri's" is a contraction, it can be followed by "fated" or "murdered." "Isn't," "by," "and," & "if" don't work.
* "To" is either part of an infinitive or part of an indirect object. If the former, it can be followed by "will" (if used as a verb), "die" (if used as a verb), and "be." If the latter, it can be followed by "Demetri's" or "Mark." "If," "fated," "murdered," "he," "and," & "by" make no sense.
* "He" has to go with a conjugated verb. "Murdered," "will be murdered," "will die," "will be fated," "will be fated to die," "isn't fated," "isn't murdered," and "will be" all work. "If," "and," "Demetri's," "Mark," "fated," "die," "to," and "be" all don't work. (TBC)TheUnknown285 03:43, April 12, 2010 (UTC)
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