Dialog natural?
Hi teachers. Would this dialog be completely natural for a native speaker?
Friend: What do you usually do when you have your kids?
Divorced father: They like this fast food restaurant... so we go there. They have a play area.
Friend: Sounds nice.
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anonymous Hi teachers. I'm not a teacher, but I do play one on the Internet. " When you leave the comma out, it looks like graffiti.
- anonymous Hi teachers.
- I'm not a teacher, but I do play one on the Internet.
- " When you leave the comma out, it looks like graffiti.
- The dialogue is perfectly natural, but you need a hyphen, and the ellipsis is distracting at best.
- Maybe "They like this fast-food restaurant, so we go there.
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anonymousHi teachers.
I'm not a teacher, but I do play one on the Internet. As evidence, I offer this: The comma in direct address is mandatory, and you should have written "Hi, teachers." When you leave the comma out, it looks like graffiti.
The dialogue is perfectly natural, but you need a hyphen, and the ellipsis is distracting at best. Maybe "They
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