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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Have dirty plate

Is this natural? Would a native speaker say this this way?
You aren't allowed to have your license plate dirty black. If it is so dirty that you can make out the numbers and letters you can get fined.

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You aren't allowed to have your license plate dirty black. If it is so dirty that you can make out the numbers and letters you can get fined I'm assuming you mean "can't make out the numbers" rather than "can". I'm a native speaker and would never say it that way.

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  • You aren't allowed to have your license plate dirty black.
  • If it is so dirty that you can make out the numbers and letters you can get fined I'm assuming you mean "can't make out the numbers" rather than "can".
  • I'm a native speaker and would never say it that way.
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You aren't allowed to have your license plate dirty black. If it is so dirty that you can make out the numbers and letters you can get fined

I'm assuming you mean "can't make out the numbers" rather than "can".

I'm a native speaker and would never say it that way. "You aren't allowed to have a dirty black license plate," or (since it's unlikely someone just handed you a d
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