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Contiluo Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

do yourself a favor

I posted the thread on another forum but got no response.
Is the paragraph natural English?

The next time you reach for your disposable chopsticks to have dinner, you might want to think twice about where it might have been, before putting them into your mouth. So do yourself—and the earth—a favor: decline those disposable chopsticks the next time you enjoy your food. Bring your own hygienic set from home and wash them afterward.
  

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contiluo do yourself—and the earth—a favor: I'd write: '... '. I'd also use afterward s as

— Fivejedjon

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contiluo do yourself—and the earth—a favor:
I'd write: '... do yourself - and the earth - a favour: ...'.

I'd also use afterwards as
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contiluowhere it might have been
where they might have been
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I think I'd remove the comma after "been."

Your use of dashes looks correct to me.
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BarbaraPA contiluowhere it might have beenwhere they might have been
You are right. I missed that.
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ozzourtiI think I'd remove the comma after "been."
So would I - now that you have mentioned it.
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