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Masanori Takaoka Posted 8 years ago
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Could you correct this writing? #1

There seem to be few people who have both a beautiful face and good speaking manners. When I heard an actress who was famous for her beautiful face talking with someone in bad manners, I was disappointed. does this sound natural?

  

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Beauty is not an indication of a people's ability to express themselves. I heard an actress who was famous for her beauty speak with someone using bad manners as she spoke. I was quite disappointed.

  • Beauty is not an indication of a people's ability to express themselves.
  • I heard an actress who was famous for her beauty speak with someone using bad manners as she spoke.
  • I was quite disappointed.
  • My expectations of her were not met.
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Beauty is not an indication of a people's ability to express themselves. I heard an actress who was famous for her beauty speak with someone using bad manners as she spoke. I was quite disappointed. My expectations of her were not met.

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It doesn’t sound completely natural. You would not say “in bad manners”, but “with”. It is also awkward to place “bad manners” with the verb “speaking”. We would just shorten that to “speaking rudely” or “being rude”.

Instead of “beautiful face”, it is more natural to just say “beautiful” and “beauty”, as appropriate. You don’t need to necessarily add “face”, as that is naturally

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