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Musicgold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Are these sentences natural? December 14

Hi,

Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?

1. It is hard to teach tricks to an old dog.



2. There was 22 millions copies of the game that were sold in first 22 hours of its release. ( I need to use “there was or there were” at the beginning of the sentence.)



3. Tomorrow is the /a month end.

Thanks,

MG.
  

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1) The idiom is: You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 2) 22 million copies of the game were sold in first 22 hours of its release. 3) Tomorrow is the last day of the mont h.

— Dimsumexpress

  • 1) The idiom is: You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
  • 2) 22 million copies of the game were sold in first 22 hours of its release.
  • 3) Tomorrow is the last day of the mont h.
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1) The idiom is: You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

2) 22 million copies of the game were sold in first 22 hours of its release.

3) Tomorrow is the last day of the month.
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1. It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks.

2. There were 22 million copies of the game sold in the first 22 hours of its release.

3. Tomorrow is the end of the month.
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Thanks MM.

How about this version of #3?

3a. Tomorrow is month-end.
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Yes, at least I would hear that.
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