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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

Is this sentence natural?
I have found a new website fortuitously and have known many new friends from it.
  

Top answer

No, but it’s a start. I have come across a website where I have made many new friends.

  • No, but it’s a start.
  • I have come across a website where I have made many new friends.
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4 Answers
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No, but it’s a start.

I have come across a website where I have made many new friends.
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Hi Gus,
can I say 'I have come across a website fortuitously where I have made many new friends'?
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That would be redundant, since come across already means find by chance. I can’t think of a way to use fortuitously in your sentence without it sounding inflated or unnatural, sorry.
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Expert Gus,
thank you very much.

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