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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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get used to you doing all

Is this natural way of writing? Please rewrite to sound better.

You don't want her to get used to you doing all the house work and her doing nothing. You need to force her to help you with the house work.
  

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It might be easier to reverse the sentences. ) You need to force her to help you with the house work. Otherwise, she'll get used to doing nothing while you do all the work.

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  • It might be easier to reverse the sentences.
  • ) You need to force her to help you with the house work.
  • Otherwise, she'll get used to doing nothing while you do all the work.
  • )
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It might be easier to reverse the sentences. (There are many ways to phrase this.)

You need to force her to help you with the house work. Otherwise, she'll get used to doing nothing while you do all the work.

(This won't make me popular with the distaff side.)
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Anonymous Is this natural way of writing? Please rewrite to sound better.You don't want her to get used to you doing all the house work and her doing nothing. You need to force her to help you with the house work.
If you did keep the original, do you see an inconsistency?
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Grammar GeekIf you did keep the original, do you see an inconsistency?
I see your point, GG.
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