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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Company vs presence

Which is correct?

I try my best to make people feel comfortable with my company/presence.


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Top answer

Oh, no! How awkward, stilted and formal that is! I try my best to make people feel comfortable around me .

  • 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.

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Neither is wrong, but more natural English is eg I try my best to make people feel comfortable with me.

Clive

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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

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