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Christine Christie Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Sentences

Are these sentences correct?


a) "They say that when you are with a cold or the flu, you should ingest many liquids."


b) "They say that when you have a cold or the flu, you should ingest many liquids."


c) "They say that when you have a cold or the flu, you should drink many liquids."

  

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They're grammatical but not natural. If you want to sound like a native English-speaker, say They say that when you have a cold or the flu, you should drink lots of water. I thought you'd got into the habit of giving your threads good titles.

  • They're grammatical but not natural.
  • If you want to sound like a native English-speaker, say They say that when you have a cold or the flu, you should drink lots of water.
  • I thought you'd got into the habit of giving your threads good titles.
  • ' Sentences ' is useless, especially as you've given your earlier thread exactly the same useless title, A good title for this thread would have been ' a cold or the flu', and for the other, 'People shouldn't fret too much'.
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They're grammatical but not natural. If you want to sound like a native English-speaker, say

They say that when you have a cold or the flu, you should drink lots of water.

I thought you'd got into the habit of giving your threads good titles. 'Sentences' is useless, especially as you've given your earlier thread exactly the same useless title, A good title for this th

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Christine Christiethe flu

The first word is not needed in British English.

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