Hi teachers, is this written correctly and naturally?
There was a bit of silence as we were sitting at the dinner table passing around the different dishes. As we started eating, the silence turned awkward. Nobody really knew what to say.
To say there was "a bit" of silence implies that it was of short duration. The reader is puzzled to find that it continued long enough to become awkward.
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To say there was "a bit" of silence implies that it was of short duration. The reader is puzzled to find that it continued long enough to become awkward.