A puzzling question
A: What about going to the cinema? B: That……….a good idea.
a) voices b) sounds
I go for 'b', but I feel that 'a' is OK, too. Am I right?
Top answer
voices is grammatically correct, but it's so unnatural that it's unusable. To my ear, sounds is not correct without like , but there may be regional variants of English that omit like . That sounds like a good idea.
- voices is grammatically correct, but it's so unnatural that it's unusable.
- To my ear, sounds is not correct without like , but there may be regional variants of English that omit like .
- That sounds like a good idea.
- CJ
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voices is grammatically correct, but it's so unnatural that it's unusable.
To my ear, sounds is not correct without like, but there may be regional variants of English that omit like.
That sounds like a good idea.
CJ
0A: What about going to the cinema? B: That voices a good idea. This is correct grammar, but it sounds so unnatural that I think no native speaker may ever have said such a sentence.!
A: What about going to the cinema? B: That sounds a good idea. This is correct grammar, but the natural expression is B: That sounds like a good idea.
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