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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

too many "ifs" and "whens"?

Is this sentence grammatical and natural?

When I was younger and when bought shoes, if I dirtied them I would flip out.

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alc24 Is this sentence grammatical and natural? No. When I was younger, I would flip out whenever I dirtied new shoes.

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  • alc24 Is this sentence grammatical and natural?
  • No.
  • When I was younger, I would flip out whenever I dirtied new shoes.
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alc24Is this sentence grammatical and natural?
No.

When I was younger, I would flip out whenever I dirtied new shoes.
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alc24When I was younger and when bought shoes, if I dirtied them I would flip out.
I've been reading your posts. You want to sound natural but you haven't taken the corrective advice seriously from the experts.
You tend to use too many words and put too many ideas into a sentence which makes the it awkward, confusing and ungrammatical. Here is the problem:
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