I want to say that friendship can inspire a lot, using a rhetorical question. Is the following question correct?
What better way to get inspired than by accompanying a good friend?
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Yes that's fine.– Michael RaderCommented Sep 19, 2015 at 11:55
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1What better way to ask a rhetorical question?– John LawlerCommented Sep 19, 2015 at 14:01
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Yes, that's fine. One could pick at it, suggesting that, maybe, "gain inspiration" would be better than "be inspired", or that "with the company of a good friend" would work better than "by accompanying a good friend", but those are judgment calls, and apt to be influenced by the wider "poetic voice" that's influencing your work.
As it is, you've got a pretty good grasp of the basic idea. You can work from there.
answered Nov 18, 2015 at 23:48
Depending on context, that could work. The phrase as is now does not. Firstly, the
get inspired
should be changed to
be inspired
Since you're not really 'getting' anything --> that is quite an active verb, rather you are, more passively, being inspired.
Secondly, to
accompany a good friend
...by extension, implies that friendship was already established. You say that you want to tell people that friendship inspires and this works with it, but I think what you are trying to say is that the creation of friendship inspires (this to me makes more sense -- again I am assuming some context here since your question is quite ambiguous). So for this part I would change it to
make some good friends
Then the overall statement would be:
What better way to be inspired than to make some good friends?
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1Accompanying a friend is a completely different activity from making friends. You're changing the meaning of his sentence, not just correcting the way it's worded.– BarmarCommented Sep 20, 2015 at 3:05
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@Barmar Quite. It should really be an edit, as this example is far more natural. Commented Oct 19, 2015 at 15:40