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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Try hard so as not to?

Which sentence is collect? Or which do you think is natural?

a. I tried hard so as not to make my emotion appear on my face.

b. I tried hard not to make my emotion appear on my face.

I saw these sentences in an English exam in my high school, but I wonder which is better.

  

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I think that option a is more natural when writing and b when speaking. I would want to change the word make to an alternative like the choices of let or allow.

  • I think that option a is more natural when writing and b when speaking.
  • I would want to change the word make to an alternative like the choices of let or allow.
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I think that option a is more natural when writing and b when speaking. I would want to change the word make to an alternative like the choices of let or allow.

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