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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
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Natural expression
Could you confirm whether the following sentences sound natural? Thank you.
1. How tall is she in centimeters?
2. She is 170 in centimeters.
3. She is 170 centimeters in height.
4. Her height is 170 centimeters.
5. Her height is 170 centimeters tall.
1. How tall is she in centimeters?
2. She is 170 in centimeters.
3. She is 170 centimeters in height.
4. Her height is 170 centimeters.
5. Her height is 170 centimeters tall.
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lucas21c ould you confirm whether the following sentences sound natural? These do: 1. How tall is she in centimeters?
- lucas21c ould you confirm whether the following sentences sound natural?
- These do: 1.
- How tall is she in centimeters?
- 3.
- She is 170 centimeters in height.
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lucas21could you confirm whether the following sentences sound natural?These do:
1. How tall is she in centimeters?
3. She is 170 centimeters in height.
4. Her height is 170 centimeters.
Also:
She is 170 cm tall.
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If "How tall is she in centimeters?" is okay, why is "How heavy are you in kilograms?" awkward?
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lucas21cwhy is "How heavy are you in kilograms?" awkward?I suppose you've found this on another thread? The normal questions are:
How tall are you?
How much do you weigh?
Notice that neither mentions units at all.
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