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Shelby Killuminati Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Just one sentence - Grammatical ?

I spent two hours cutting the part from the video and shortening it, just so you find it to call "It seems beautiful"
by 'just so' I mean something like "so that"
Is it grammatical ?
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Does the sentence sound natural ?

Context : I showed a video to a friend and he finds it beautiful. It was a clip from a movie basically, I cut the part from the video and showed him. And he said "It seems beautiful"
  

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Or can I say it like "I spend two hours to cut off this part from the movie and shortening it, just so you could/can find it to call "It seems beautiful" ?"
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I spent two hours cutting the part from the video and shortening it just so you would find it and say, "It seems beautiful."
I spent two hours cutting the part from the video and shortening it just so you could find it and say, "It seems beautiful."

Correct as amended. A modal auxiliary is needed after "just so".
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I spent two hours cutting the part from the video and shortening it just so you would find it to say, "It seems beautiful."

I think this would be better ?
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Shelby KilluminatiAnd he said "It seems beautiful"
That's not very enthusiastic. If he meant what he said, it sounds like damning with faint praise. It only seems beautiful without actually being beautiful. Is this the message you wish to convey?

... only to find that he only thought it seemed beautiful.

Or did
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CalifJimThat's not very enthusiastic. If he meant what he said, it sounds like damning with faint praise. It only seems beautiful without actually being beautiful. Is this the message you wish to convey?
I definitely don't wish to convey this message.
CalifJimr did he mean to say that it looks beautiful? That would be a lot different.
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Shelby KilluminatiI definitely don't wish to convey this message.
OK. Then I was off the track on this.

I spent two hours making a video clip from a movie for a friend of mine who liked the movie very much. When I showed it to him, he said, "It looks beautiful!"


CJ
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So is it grammatical and sounds natural to say this to the friend who find it beautiful? :
"I spent two hours cutting the part from the video and shortening it, just so you find it to call "It seems beautiful"
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CalifJimI spent two hours making a video clip from a movie for a friend of mine who liked the movie very much. When I showed it to him, he said, "It looks beautiful!"
Actually I am directly saying it to the friend who said " It seems beautiful"
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Shelby KilluminatiSo is it grammatical and sounds natural to say this to the friend who find it beautiful? :"I spent two hours cutting the part from the video and shortening it, just so you find it to call "It seems beautiful"
No. We have been trying to give you more natural suggestions.

to call "It seems beautiful." is not grammatically correct.
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Okay Thank you very much CJ and AlpheccaStars
I think I would go with this one
"I spent two hours cutting the part from the video and shortening it just so you would find it and say, "It seems beautiful."
but I find "would find it and say" confusing. I didn't mean to tell him to actually go and find the video and say. What I mean is that I am glad tha
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