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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

sense of happiness

Hi
Please tell me if this sounds natural.
With profound sense of happiness I am declaring this news to you.
  

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With profound sense of happiness I am declaring this news to you. Not really. Here's a more natural version: It is with a profound sense of happiness that I bring this news to you.

— MalRey

  • With profound sense of happiness I am declaring this news to you.
  • Not really.
  • Here's a more natural version: It is with a profound sense of happiness that I bring this news to you.
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vsureshPlease tell me if this sounds natural.With profound sense of happiness I am declaring this news to you.
Not really. Here's a more natural version:
It is with a profound sense of happiness that I bring this news to you.
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Hi Suresh,

Broadly speaking, Indian English is often much more elaborate than English here in the West.

The equivalent here is much more likely to be
eg I am very happy to tell you that . . .

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Thanks for telling me it is nice to be natural.
You are right, Clive. I don't know if others agree with this view: Since it is a foreign language, the wish to impress overtakes the need to be natural and short. This is very much evident in my writing and something I want to get rid of.
Sometimes it is due to limited vocabulary, doubt on the correctness of short structures, I go round abou
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