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Mr. Tom Posted 17 years ago
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God knows if I may use a male companionship!

Hi

Would you say that the following sentence sounds OK to you, especially the bold part?

(muttering to herself when she's going to be introduced to a man after a long, long time)

God knows if I may use a male companionship!

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Hi, Would you say that the following sentence sounds OK to you, especially the bold part? (muttering to herself when she's going to be introduced to a man after a long, long time) *** knows if I may use a male companionship! Sounds a bit odd to me.

— Clive

  • Hi, Would you say that the following sentence sounds OK to you, especially the bold part?
  • (muttering to herself when she's going to be introduced to a man after a long, long time) *** knows if I may use a male companionship!
  • Sounds a bit odd to me.
  • More natural is 'some male companionship'.
  • Did she really say 'may'?
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Hi,

Would you say that the following sentence sounds OK to you, especially the bold part?

(muttering to herself when she's going to be introduced to a man after a long, long time)

*** knows if I may use a male companionship!

Sounds a bit odd to me.

More natural is 'some male companionship'.

Did she really say 'may'? I'd expect
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OR *** knows I could use some male companionship!
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Seems like she would say something like this:

*** knows, I could use some male companionship.

CJ

PS. Oops! For some reason I didn't see you there, Mr. M.
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And let's keep it platonic, OK?
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Electronic is always platonic.

CJ
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