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Musicgold Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Are these sentences natural? July 25, 2013

Hi,
Are these sentences natural to a native ear?

1. I could have slept in a little bit, if I knew that. ( I was saying that if I knew that the train was delayed two hours, I could have taken a nap)

2. When do you plan to visit us tonight? Will it be right after the market close or late in the night? So, we can plan our schedule accordingly.

3. See the attached file for an example.

Thanks,
MG
  

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1. "... if I had known that" is better, and the comma is probably not needed.

— GPY

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  • if I had known that" is better, and the comma is probably not needed.
  • What are you intending to express by using "slept in" rather than just "slept"?
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1. "... if I had known that" is better, and the comma is probably not needed. What are you intending to express by using "slept in" rather than just "slept"?

2. I would understand "market close" to refer to the end-of-day closure of a stock market (or financial markets generally). Is that what you mean? The last sentence is a non-sequitur. You could say "Please let us know so (that) we ca
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Thanks.
GPY1. "... if I had known that" is better, and the comma is probably not needed. What are you intending to express by using "slept in" rather than just "slept"?
I thought to 'sleep in' means to sleep later than the usual time.
GPY2. I would understand "market close" to refer to the end-of-day closure of a stock market (or financia
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1. Yes, if you mean sleep a little bit later than usual that's OK. (It was just that your explanation, "I could have taken a nap", doesn't seem to suggest that. A "nap" is usually a short sleep taken in the day.)

3. Yes, though arguably "after the market closes" would be more common.
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