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Gergely Kovacs Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Awkward sentence
Below are a couple of sentences describing a tourist's first time in a Western bookstore:
"At first, I felt extremely uncomfortable sitting down with a book. I was constantly looking over my shoulder, afraid a seller might come up to me in any minute and tell me to either buy the book or leave. But when..."
The situation is pretty much self-explanatory. What bothers me is "might" and "in any minute;" something just doesn't add up in that middle part. It sounds weird, and I cannot figure out a way to fix it.
Can a native speaker help me?
"At first, I felt extremely uncomfortable sitting down with a book. I was constantly looking over my shoulder, afraid a seller might come up to me in any minute and tell me to either buy the book or leave. But when..."
The situation is pretty much self-explanatory. What bothers me is "might" and "in any minute;" something just doesn't add up in that middle part. It sounds weird, and I cannot figure out a way to fix it.
Can a native speaker help me?
Top answer
'Might' is OK. I'll fix the other: At first, I felt extremely uncomfortable sitting down with a book. I was constantly looking over my shoulder, afraid a seller might come up to me any minute and tell me to either buy the book or leave.
- 'Might' is OK.
- I'll fix the other: At first, I felt extremely uncomfortable sitting down with a book.
- I was constantly looking over my shoulder, afraid a seller might come up to me any minute and tell me to either buy the book or leave.
- But when...
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'Might' is OK. I'll fix the other:
At first, I felt extremely uncomfortable sitting down with a book. I was constantly looking over my shoulder, afraid a seller might come up to me any minute and tell me to either buy the book or leave. But when...
At first, I felt extremely uncomfortable sitting down with a book. I was constantly looking over my shoulder, afraid a seller might come up to me any minute and tell me to either buy the book or leave. But when...
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