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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
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His wishes are weighing more heavy on him than his duty and commitment.

Hi

Is this sentence natural? If no, please edit it.

His wishes are weighing more heavy on him than his duty and commitment.

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His wishes are weighing heavier on him than his duty and commitment.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Grammatically it should be "His wishes are weighing more heavily on him than his duty and commitment", but this doesn't make much sense to me. Wishes are not usually things that "weigh heavily" on one. "

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  • Grammatically it should be "His wishes are weighing more heavily on him than his duty and commitment", but this doesn't make much sense to me.
  • Wishes are not usually things that "weigh heavily" on one.
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Grammatically it should be "His wishes are weighing more heavily on him than his duty and commitment", but this doesn't make much sense to me. Wishes are not usually things that "weigh heavily" on one. Perhaps you mean "His desires are more important to him than his duty and commitment."
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