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Yellowstarstruck Posted 7 years ago
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Natural Conversations

Hi! Are these natural conversations? Thanks, Fulvio

Conversation 1

A: I want you to be more careful from now on. Okay?

B: Okay.


Conversation 2

A: I want you to work on Friday.

B: Sure! No problem


Conversation 3

A: I want you to teach me the electric guitar.

B: Sure! No problem

  

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Apart from missing punctuation at the end of the sentence, (1) and (2) are fine. ". " Again, to make another extremely picky point, "Sure!

  • Apart from missing punctuation at the end of the sentence, (1) and (2) are fine.
  • ".
  • " Again, to make another extremely picky point, "Sure!
  • " may seem too lightweight for a long-term endeavour such as learning to play an instrument.
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Apart from missing punctuation at the end of the sentence, (1) and (2) are fine. (Just one tiny point: You could consider whether the exclamation mark seems too eager or excited for this situation.)

In reality people do say "teach me + name of instrument", but if these are model conversations then I think it would be better to say in full "teach me to play ...". If the content of these e

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