What is the short version of this sentence:

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   TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years ago

   What is the short version of this sentence:
   
   You better get to it while your to it or you may never get to it to do it again.

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   Phyllis Doyleposted 8 years ago

   "Get to it while the getins' good." My Mom always used to say that and we all picked it up and still use the phrase sometimes. It means to do it while you have the chance or you may not get the chance again.

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      Phyllis Doyleposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you, TT2. This was a fun question.

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      I guess...but one of the people who answered pointed out that I made several grammatical errors in the question.  I'm plenty embarrassed as I am usually a stickler for these things!

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      Phyllis Doyleposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Don't fret about it. Sometimes my questions are so jumbled even I don't understand them.  If I am tired there is no telling what will come out of my mind.

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   Motherbynatureposted 8 years ago

   Pee now while we're near a bathroom aka Always take advantage of an opportunity the first time.

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   Jodahposted 8 years ago

   Never put off 'til tomorrow what you can do today.

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   WillStarrposted 8 years ago

   Old adage: Make hay while the sun shines.

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   Twilight Lawnsposted 8 years ago

   Before you had asked the question, perhaps you should have read what you had written and realised that you had used an incorrect word and left out another. The following is very difficult to read or make sense of:
   “You better get to it while your to it or you may never get to it to do it again.”
   
   Perhaps you would have realised that “You’d better get to it while you’re at it or you may never get to it to do it again,” would have been a better way of having written it.
   
   Did you also notice that you had used the possessive “your” rather than the abbreviation “you’re”?
   
   “Strike while the iron is hot.”  or “Strike while the iron’s hot.” (Please note that the apostrophe in the latter sentence is not a possessive apostrophe but is rather the apostrophe required for an abbreviation - as in your earlier mistake by not using “you’re”.)

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      You're right!  I was very tired when I wrote this one and should have known better.  Will be more careful next time. It's not like me to make such glaring grammatical errors...but nobody is perfect!

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      Twilight Lawnsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Timetraveler (Time Traveller in UK English Ha Ha)
      Please excuse my rudeness in my comment. I'm the master of not looking over my postings. Look at my comments regarding others' remarks on my Hubs and you'll see a plethora of mistakes and errors
      Ian

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Birds of a feather, I guess!  Thanks for this comment...I feel better now!

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   alancaster149posted 8 years ago

   "Do it before it's too late".
   (Easy enough, just think 'outside the box')

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   Tusitala Tomposted 8 years ago

   "Strike while the iron is hot," is an old saying which probably covers this.

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   Kimberleyclarkeposted 8 years ago

   My suggestion - 'Catch it while you can!'

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    bellaluna53posted 8 years ago

    Phyllis is correct. It is odd how leaving out a word or two makes this look so much different.

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