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BAYRAM ERDEM Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

a full-toned, big voice

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Could you please check the following sentence?

The waiter, ''Sir, you have got a different, full-toned, big voice.''
Max, ''Why can I not hear such things just from a young lady instead?''
  

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You have some slight interference with a negation (not hear), a restriction ("just" = only), and a substitution ("instead"). This doesn't sound natural. "

  • You have some slight interference with a negation (not hear), a restriction ("just" = only), and a substitution ("instead").
  • This doesn't sound natural.
  • "
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You have some slight interference with a negation (not hear), a restriction ("just" = only), and a substitution ("instead"). This doesn't sound natural. How about

Max, "I'd rather hear such things from young ladies only."

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