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Musicgold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Are these sentences natural? June 5

Hi,

Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?

1. How much do you think of that is because of competition and how much is their own doing?

2. We don’t have long before the bus comes back here.

3. When you are young, you do some stupid stuff, but you want to be able to grow away from it and reinvent yourself.

Thanks,
MG
  

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Musicgold1. How much do you think of that is because of competition and how much is their own doing?
I would change this slightly to "How much of that do you think . . . "
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khoff Musicgold1. How much do you think of that is because of competition and how much is their own doing?I would change this slightly to "How much of that do you think . . . "
Agree!! The first version makes little sense!
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Hi,

Yes, I noticed that, before I replied.
But the sentence still seemed natural to me because quite a lot of what we say is awkwardly phrased.
If we start speaking and realize that what we are saying is awkward, we can't really go back and corr
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true, you have a point, I could imagine this somewhat awkward expression in speech!
I think if transcribing it I would at least add commas to make it clearer:

How much, do you think, of that...
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