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The first works fine.
I understand what you mean in the second, but it seems a little awkward. I would probably say "Flowers are important for getting a woman to say 'Yes'."

So does his English at 0:11 here sound a bit awkward?

Yes, slightly. In the context of the commercial, though, it is endearing.

Do you mean it's endearing that he is so desperate that his words are a bit messed up and his mess-up shows how much he loves her?

No, he messes up because he is not fluent. But native English speakers find those little awkward bits charming sometimes, maybe because it makes the speaker seem childlike.

I see.

If it were a woman instead explaining to him that roses/flowers meant a lot to a bride-to-be, saying:

You need to know how important roses/flowers are for a woman to say 'Yes'.
You need to know roses/flowers are important for a woman to say 'Yes'.

would it still sound a bit awkward?

TakaI see.If it were a woman instead explaining to him that roses/flowers meant a lot to a bride-to-be, saying:You need to know how important roses/flowers are for a woman to say 'Yes'.You need to know roses/flowers are important for a woman to say 'Yes'.would it still sound a bit awkward?

Yes. The writer did a good job. It's hard to say what's wrong, and the

Could you explain this part of your comment in detail? I'm not sure if I understand you correctly.

enoon The listener has to rethink after first hearing something about it being important for a woman to say yes, which the syntax suggests.

And about this. Did you mean to say 'being bulled at from the front to the back' instead?

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Part of the syntax is irresistibly similar to "It is important for a woman to say yes." That is one of the meanings that occur to the listener before he realizes that the man is using broken English.

I meant "pulled". That is not a grammar term or anything, it's just the word I used. The phrase "for a woman" is being used to fill two incompatible semantic roles simulataneously—it is being

Part of the syntax is irresistibly similar to "It is important for a woman to say yes." That is one of the meanings that occur to the listener before he realizes that the man is using broken English.

Yes, that's what I thought first when I saw the commercial, except for the realization part. As a non-native speaker, I wasn't sure if the man was using broken English; I was li