The first is natural. The second is not.
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Blue Jay The first is natural. The second is not.Thank you very much. Although not natural, is the second grammatical?
AnonymousThank you very much. Although not natural, is the second grammatical?There could be circumstances when someone might use it for some special effect, but normally it would be considered incorrect. It's the kind of construction that a native speaker would normally think of as characteristic of a non-native translating the equivalent phrase from their o
Blue JayThere could be circumstances when someone might use it for some special effect, but normally it would be considered incorrect. It's the kind of construction that a native speaker would normally think of as characteristic of a non-native translating the equivalent phrase from their own language directly to English.Got it.
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