Anonymous

I prefer the first sentence. In the second sentence the comma is wrong. Omit the comma.

Anonymous

You should leave what you inherit in a better shape than it was when you received it.

Anonymous

The first one is okay, the second one is okay if you leave out the comma, but in English we do not say 'in a better shape'. It's just 'in better shape'.

Anonymous

The second is better, and sounds like a proverb. The first has the word "must", so not quite the same meaning. Also, inherit and inheritance do not have exactly the same meaning.

Anonymous

What you inherit, leave behind it in better shape than what you received.

Anonymous

they are not equivalent meanings you may inherit a birth defect, but it is not an inheritance. the inherit verb is not a good one here. Better would be "Be a good steward of anything you receive; so as to pass it on in better shape"

Anonymous

What you inherit, you must leave behind better . The way you first said it seems correct but this way is more to the point . Leave behind your inheritance in better shape than when you received it, is good also .