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Hello everyone,
Are the sentences below natural?
He gave a speech to me.
He gave a speech to the attendees.
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JA
Top answer
Most often a "speech" is to a group of people, so the second sentence seems more likely. The first sentence seems more natural to me as "He gave me a speech"; it then has connotations of something not very welcome to the listener, such as long telling-off, or a tedious lecture on some subject.
- Most often a "speech" is to a group of people, so the second sentence seems more likely.
- The first sentence seems more natural to me as "He gave me a speech"; it then has connotations of something not very welcome to the listener, such as long telling-off, or a tedious lecture on some subject.
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Most often a "speech" is to a group of people, so the second sentence seems more likely. The first sentence seems more natural to me as "He gave me a speech"; it then has connotations of something not very welcome to the listener, such as long telling-off, or a tedious lecture on some subject.
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