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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Be the first person to

In English, do you hear "be the first person to do something"? Is this natural?
Don't tell me to throw stuff out. I'm the first person to throw stuff out. You're the hoarder not me.

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That is a rather common expression.

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That is a rather common expression.
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Anonymousbe the first (person) to ... I'm (always) the first person/one to throw stuff out.
It doesn't sound completely idiomatic to me in that context, though I wouldn't call it unnatural.

At first I thought you were talking about television ads: Be the first (in your neig
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