To be his or not to be his.

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"To be his or not to be his."

"To be his shop or not to be his shop."

Could you please tell me what does it mean?
 
The question is whether this shop is to be his or not to be his?
 
tufguy said:
The question is whether this shop is to be his or not to be his?
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It's a poor allusion to Hamlet. If that's your intention, keep it. If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's a bad sentence.
"Is this the shop he intends buying, or not?"
 
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It's a poor allusion to Hamlet. If that's your intention, keep it. If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's a bad sentence.
"Is this the shop he intends buying, or not?"
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I know what you want to say. But my question is "to be his" what does it mean? Is it used in daily conversation as well?
 
It means nothing by itself. They are not sentences. Where did you find them?
 
Raymott said:
It means nothing by itself. They are not sentences. Where did you find them?
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I heard it while watching a series on television.
 
Well, it means nothing out of context - unless it means what I said above.
 
Raymott did so in post #4.
 
Which TV show contained this bizarre line?
 
"To be his doctor, you'd have to study Medicine first."

If you're looking for something similar to your original post, as I said, that's not a normal sentence.
 
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He wants that Ferrari but it's really expensive. He'll have to earn a lot more than he does now in order for it to be his!
 
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