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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 18 years ago
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"What might be a situation in which a person would say that?"

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00"What might be a situation in which a person would say that?"02br
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00 I asked this question in another thread a while ago but I never felt that it sounded natural. Well, does it sound like natural English to you? How else would you say it?02br
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0 Hi PBF02br 00It sounds natural enough to me. I may be the wrong person to pass judgement, though. 02i 02br 00CB 010id1

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  • 0 Hi PBF02br 00It sounds natural enough to me.
  • I may be the wrong person to pass judgement, though.
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0 Hi PBF02br
00It sounds natural enough to me. I may be the wrong person to pass judgement, though. 05000 I think most natives would prefer01i00you02i00 or 01i00one02i00 (British upper class) to 01i00a person.02i02br
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0Sounds good to me too.0-
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1i00 In what situation [would / might] someone say that?02i00is a bit more succinct. Do you like that one better? 05002br
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0Thank you for all your replies 05000.02br
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00I definitely think that's a more succinct version. It also sounds more conversational to me which is good when I'm talking to friends05100.02br
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0 As CJ has pointed out, the original had "too many words". 0-
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