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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
How would a native properly say these 5 sentences?
Could you please help me make these 5 sentences natural?
1 Do you know what I thought about? I thought we could go out for the day. (sound off?)
2 It's getting cold out./going to get cold out.
3 The second jacket is (at) 50 percent off. (AT optional? How to naturally say this?)
4 We need to set money aside as of /from September.
5 I feel taller with these heels but I hate walking with/in heels.
Thank you
1 Do you know what I thought about? I thought we could go out for the day. (sound off?)
2 It's getting cold out./going to get cold out.
3 The second jacket is (at) 50 percent off. (AT optional? How to naturally say this?)
4 We need to set money aside as of /from September.
5 I feel taller with these heels but I hate walking with/in heels.
Thank you
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alc24 Could you please help me make these 5 sentences natural? 1 Do you know what I thought? I thought we could go out for the day.
- alc24 Could you please help me make these 5 sentences natural?
- 1 Do you know what I thought?
- I thought we could go out for the day.
- 2 It's getting cold out.
- It's going to get cold out.
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alc24Could you please help me make these 5 sentences natural?
1 Do you know what I thought? I thought we could go out for the day.
2 It's getting cold out. It's going to get cold out.
3 The second jacket has 50 per cent off.
4 We need to set money aside from September.
5 I feel taller with these heels but I hate walking
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1 Do you know what I thought about? I thought we could go out for the day. (sound off?)
[It depends on the context... You could say, "Do you know what I was thinking? I was thinking that we could go out for the day." ... "...was thinking..." is quite common... "I was just thinking... how about such and such...?"]
[It depends on the context... You could say, "Do you know what I was thinking? I was thinking that we could go out for the day." ... "...was thinking..." is quite common... "I was just thinking... how about such and such...?"]
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It isn't natural to say
"The second jacket is AT 50 percent off. " (AT???)
5 I hate walking in/with flat(s) (shoes) (how would you say this?
Thank you Graeme
"The second jacket is AT 50 percent off. " (AT???)
5 I hate walking in/with flat(s) (shoes) (how would you say this?
Thank you Graeme
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It isn't natural to say
"The second jacket is AT 50 percent off. " (AT???) [It might be grammatically ok, but it isn't common. We just say things like "it has/had 50% off." or "it was reduced by 50%" ... it is ambiguous, as it could be interpreted as to do with the size... but although we joke about that sort of thing, we know it refers to the discount.]
"The second jacket is AT 50 percent off. " (AT???) [It might be grammatically ok, but it isn't common. We just say things like "it has/had 50% off." or "it was reduced by 50%" ... it is ambiguous, as it could be interpreted as to do with the size... but although we joke about that sort of thing, we know it refers to the discount.]
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