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Lucas21c Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Natural Expression
Could you tell me whether the following sentence sounds fine?
Thank you.
"Reduce your gestrues when you are speaking."
Thank you.
"Reduce your gestrues when you are speaking."
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It's "gestURes" not "gestRUes", but apart from that, the sentence is OK. e. "Reduce your gesturing while speaking".
- It's "gestURes" not "gestRUes", but apart from that, the sentence is OK.
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- "Reduce your gesturing while speaking".
- This sentence would only be used with a specific person who gestures too much while speaking, and therefore should REDUCE their gesturing.
- It is not general advice, because it assumes that the reader gestures TOO MUCH.
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It's "gestURes" not "gestRUes", but apart from that, the sentence is OK. You could optionally change GESTURES to GESTURING, and WHEN to WHILE, and remove YOU ARE, i.e. "Reduce your gesturing while speaking".
This sentence would only be used with a specific person who gestures too much while speaking, and therefore should REDUCE their gesturing. It is not general advice, because it assumes that
This sentence would only be used with a specific person who gestures too much while speaking, and therefore should REDUCE their gesturing. It is not general advice, because it assumes that
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