Which is correct?
I try my best to make people feel comfortable with my company/presence.
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Oh, no! How awkward, stilted and formal that is! I try my best to make people feel comfortable around me .
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Oh, no! How awkward, stilted and formal that is!
I try my best to make people feel comfortable around me.
Neither is wrong, but more natural English is eg I try my best to make people feel comfortable with me.
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Which is correct?
"I try my best to make people feel comfortable with my company/presence."
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"I try my best to make people feel comfortable *in my presence."
(It's a little bit formal, but it's still common enough to be useful in writing, in my opinion.)
But not:
"..make people feel comfortable in my company."
I think the possessive "my" is th