- This morning I went to Walmart for some grocery shopping. There were two about 200-meter lines of people waiting to get into Walmart. I gave up and left.
Hello native speakers. Do these sentences sound natural in spoken English?
Thanks a lot in advance.
stevedi Do these sentences sound natural in spoken English? Almost. I might make that "This morning I went to Walmart for some grocery shopping.
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stevediDo these sentences sound natural in spoken English?
Almost. I might make that "This morning I went to Walmart for some grocery shopping. There were two lines about 200 meters long waiting to get in. I gave up and left."
stevedinatural in spoken English
This morning I went to Walmart to do some grocery shopping, and you wouldn't believe the lines. There were two lines, and they wrapped all the way around the building. I took one look at that and gave up and left.
(I don't think people give estimates of the length of lines in meters in these situations. And bes