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Musicgold Posted 14 years ago
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Are these sentences natural? Nov 11
Hi,
Are these sentences natural to a native ear?
1. He left the company to go work at Axiom Corp. as the CEO.
2. We will looking into reasons for that failure.
3. I didn’t think you would caught on that.
Thanks,
MG
Are these sentences natural to a native ear?
1. He left the company to go work at Axiom Corp. as the CEO.
2. We will looking into reasons for that failure.
3. I didn’t think you would caught on that.
Thanks,
MG
Top answer
1. Sounds natural, but fairly informal or conversational. 2.
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- Sounds natural, but fairly informal or conversational.
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- " 3.
- Without context the meaning here is unclear.
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1. Sounds natural, but fairly informal or conversational.
2. Should be: "We will look into the reasons for that failure."
3. Without context the meaning here is unclear. It could be either:
"I didn't think you would catch on to that."
Which means I didn't think you would understand or notice something.
Or:
"I didn't think you would get caught
2. Should be: "We will look into the reasons for that failure."
3. Without context the meaning here is unclear. It could be either:
"I didn't think you would catch on to that."
Which means I didn't think you would understand or notice something.
Or:
"I didn't think you would get caught
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2 could be "we will be looking into" as well
3 - Just to clarify - it's not grammatical as orginally written, One of the two rewrites suggested above would solve it.
3 - Just to clarify - it's not grammatical as orginally written, One of the two rewrites suggested above would solve it.
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