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Hans51 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
He has a disability with a leg
Is the sentence natural to use?
He has a disability with a leg.
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual!
He has a disability with a leg.
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual!
Top answer
I'm afraid that doesn't sound natural, but the alternatives do sound a bit 'clunky'. He has a disabled leg. He has a leg disability.
- I'm afraid that doesn't sound natural, but the alternatives do sound a bit 'clunky'.
- He has a disabled leg.
- He has a leg disability.
- (Certainly more common than the first on a quick Google search) His leg is disabled.
- (More common but somehow doesn't quite sound perfect to me) There may be better ways of putting it but those are the ones that spring to mind.
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I'm afraid that doesn't sound natural, but the alternatives do sound a bit 'clunky'.
He has a disabled leg.
He has a leg disability. (Certainly more common than the first on a quick Google search)
His leg is disabled. (More common but somehow doesn't quite sound perfect to me)
There may be better ways of putting it but those are the ones that spring to min
He has a disabled leg.
He has a leg disability. (Certainly more common than the first on a quick Google search)
His leg is disabled. (More common but somehow doesn't quite sound perfect to me)
There may be better ways of putting it but those are the ones that spring to min
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