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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
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0Hi everyone02br
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00Does this sound natural to you? 02br
00Does it make sense?02br
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01i00I think next time I can do what is better than what I did before.02i02br
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00Thanks02br
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" In written, non-conversational English, the first is better. 02br 02br 00When you are writing, the difference between conversation and regular text is how it sounds, not how it is read. If it sounds like conversation, it should be in quotation marks.

— Toronto2001

  • " In written, non-conversational English, the first is better.
  • 02br 02br 00When you are writing, the difference between conversation and regular text is how it sounds, not how it is read.
  • If it sounds like conversation, it should be in quotation marks.
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0 I would say "I think that next time, I can do better than I did before."02br
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00Conversationally, you could say "I think next time, I can do better than before." In written, non-conversational English, the first is better. 02br
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00When you are writing, the difference between conversation and regular text is how it sounds, not how it is read. If
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0 01i00<I think next time I can do what is better than what I did before.>02i02br
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00 It makes sense, but it isn't natural.02br
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00 Too many words and syntactic complications. It can be done much more simply:02br
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00 I think next time I can do better than before.02i02br
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0I understand. 05002br
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00> "I think that next time, I can do better than I did before."02br
00>" I tinnk that next time I can do better than before."02br
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00Thank you all. 051052053010id111id112id113id1
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