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Mr. Tom Posted 4 years ago
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It was sad to see her reduced to a wheelchair

Hi

Is this English fully natural? Any suggestions please?

It was sad to see such an active person first reduced to a wheelchair and then bedbound. She later developed big bed sores and died after a lot of suffering.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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It is understandable but wrong. If she is reduced to a wheelchair, she is a wheelchair. There is already a word for being unable to get out of bed.

  • It is understandable but wrong.
  • If she is reduced to a wheelchair, she is a wheelchair.
  • There is already a word for being unable to get out of bed.
  • It was sad to see such an active person first confined to a wheelchair and then bedridden.
  • She later developed big bed sores and died after a lot of suffering.
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It is understandable but wrong. If she is reduced to a wheelchair, she is a wheelchair. There is already a word for being unable to get out of bed.

It was sad to see such an active person first confined to a wheelchair and then bedridden. She later developed big bed sores and died after a lot of suffering.

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