grammar question: What is there is not there...

[Anonymous]

What is there is not there; what is not there is there.

Is this grammatically correct?

 

[Francois]

Travelling without moving -- open the doors of perception.

FRC

 

[Steven D]

What is there is not there; what is not there is there.

Is this grammatically correct?

Yes, it's grammatically correct.

what is there = noun phrase - subject

is not there = predicate

what is not there = noun phrase - subject

is there = predicate


As the two independent clauses are related, it makes sense to join them with a semicolon. They could also be joined with "and - conjunction". A comma would be required before "and". You could also write them as two separate sentences.

 

[Steven D]

Travelling without moving -- open the doors of perception.

FRC

Have you ever heard the Beatles song, "The Inner Light"?

Your comment reminded me of it.

http://www.duiops.net/beatles/letras/past2/past2_copia(6).html

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q="without+going+out+of+my+door"+harrison+