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Perfect Stranger Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Native-like or not no. 29

Dear Users,

Can you help me polish these sentences up? I need to make them more native-like.

I've noticed a sudden drop of battery efficiency. I don't know why but once the battery reaches 100% and the charger is unplugged its level drops from 99% to 90% in a very short time, even without using the Ipad and leaving it in the standbye mode! If used, it goes down even faster (which normally would be natural but a month or two ago it wasn't like that)

Thanks a million
  

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I've noticed a sudden drop in battery efficiency. Once the battery reaches 100% and the charger is unplugged , its level drops from 99% to 90% in a very short time, even without using the iPad and leaving it in standby mode. If used, it goes down even faster.

— Mister Micawber

  • I've noticed a sudden drop in battery efficiency.
  • Once the battery reaches 100% and the charger is unplugged , its level drops from 99% to 90% in a very short time, even without using the iPad and leaving it in standby mode.
  • If used, it goes down even faster.
  • I didn't understand the thrust of the last remark at all, so I just cut it.
  • It seems to argue against any problem.
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I've noticed a sudden drop in battery efficiency. Once the battery reaches 100% and the charger is unplugged, its level drops from 99% to 90% in a very short time, even without using the iPad and leaving it in standby mode. If used, it goes down even faster.

I didn't understand the thrust of the last remark at all, so I just cut it. It seems to a
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Thanks MM. Appreciate the corrections.

One quick question:

Would it be possible to say /drop of/ in a sentence like this?

I don't know where the drop in efficiency comes from.
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Perfect StrangerWould it be possible to say /drop of/ in a sentence like this?
'Of' is the preposition non-native speakers often choose to replace native prepositions. It is a versatile preposition and remains understandable, but it is not quite 'right'.
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Mister Micawber'Of' is the preposition non-native speakers often choose to replace native prepositions.
Thanks a lot! I'll keep that in mind!
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