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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
What a far-fetched belief
Hi,
Would you say that the underlined dialogue is natural English? If no, could you provide me with suitable wording?
A - And then a snake comes and gives health to the sick.
B - Do you really believe that a snake has the power to cure a dying man?
A - To be very honest, yes I do.
B - What a far-fetched belief, what a superstitious ideology.
Thanks,
Tom
Would you say that the underlined dialogue is natural English? If no, could you provide me with suitable wording?
A - And then a snake comes and gives health to the sick.
B - Do you really believe that a snake has the power to cure a dying man?
A - To be very honest, yes I do.
B - What a far-fetched belief, what a superstitious ideology.
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
Mr. Tom Would you say that the underlined dialogue is natural English? OK.
- Mr.
- Tom Would you say that the underlined dialogue is natural English?
- OK.
- And some religions have even more radical beliefs.
- But you dare not tell the true believers that!
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Mr. TomWould you say that the underlined dialogue is natural English?OK. And some religions have even more radical beliefs. But you dare not tell the true believers that!
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Thanks, AlpheccaStars. One more question...
Would the sentence still be natural if I swapped the nouns?
What a far-fetched ideology, what a superstitious belief.
Tom
Would the sentence still be natural if I swapped the nouns?
What a far-fetched ideology, what a superstitious belief.
Tom
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This seems like a very direct, strong and in fact offensive way to criticize the person's honest belief.
Where I live, I might more subtly say eg Hmm, I find that rather hard to believe.
Clive
Where I live, I might more subtly say eg Hmm, I find that rather hard to believe.
Clive
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