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Beopro Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Lucky destiny

- Last night while she was replacing a new mouse for her bedroom light, she got an electric shock. Fortunately, she wasn't killed. She has a very lucky destiny.

- Are these sentences natural at all?

Thanks a lot to Teachers,

Beopro
  

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The sentences seem very natural to me. I'm not sure that I've previously come across the collocation "a very lucky destiny," but it works for me. I'm curious about the mouse-operated bedroom light.

— Avangi

  • The sentences seem very natural to me.
  • I'm not sure that I've previously come across the collocation "a very lucky destiny," but it works for me.
  • I'm curious about the mouse-operated bedroom light.
  • Maybe a new light for her bedroom mouse?
  • But the sentences read well.
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The sentences seem very natural to me.

I'm not sure that I've previously come across the collocation "a very lucky destiny," but it works for me.

I'm curious about the mouse-operated bedroom light. Maybe a new light for her bedroom mouse?
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beoproLast night while she was replacing a new mouse for her bedroom light
Yes I too am bemused by "a mouse for her bedroom light". Also you would not replace a new mouse unless it were faulty. You would replace the old one with the new one, we would say "replacing" and it is taken as read.

"Last night while she was replacing the bulb i
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LouiseTyou would not replace a new mouse
Good point. How did I miss that?
I think people who are careless with their English (native speakers) sometimes use "replace" for "install."
(I was installing a new mouse.)

Louise, don't you have a Google Image of a bedroom light mouse??
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AvangiLouise, don't you have a Google Image of a bedroom light mouse?? - A.
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Of course I do.

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Incredible! - Just incredible!
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