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Perfect Stranger Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

How to make it more "native-like" no. 37

Dear All,

This sentence doesn't sound very native-like to me... Could you please help phrase it in a more natural way?

By the way... do you still have that business card of the person from your school?


Thanks
  

Top answer

Switch the and that . Do you still have the business card from that person from your school? - Sounds a little better.

— Philip

  • Switch the and that .
  • Do you still have the business card from that person from your school?
  • - Sounds a little better.
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Switch the and that. Do you still have the business card from that person from your school? - Sounds a little better.
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Thank you Philip.

Based on your answer, I've noticed two things:

1) We don't say do you have a business card OF the person... Instead, we use FROM
2) My original sentence (whether it's the wording or something else, I don't know) doesn't sound good at all (at least that's my impression) Would you please be so kind and offer me an alternative?
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Of, from: one's as good as they other, as far as I'm concerned. I think I already offered an alternative for your first sentence.
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