Which sentence is natural?
"My father has always been verbally abusive and emotionally absent from my life, but when I wanna call him out on it, I'm the disrespectful one according to my family."
"My father has always been verbally abusive and emotionally absent from my life, but when I call him out on it, I'm the disrespectful one according to my family."
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You should never write "wanna" unless you deliberately want to convey a very casual tone, especially when transcribing dialogue. It is inappropriate here. If "wanna" is corrected to "want to", both sentences are possible.
- You should never write "wanna" unless you deliberately want to convey a very casual tone, especially when transcribing dialogue.
- It is inappropriate here.
- If "wanna" is corrected to "want to", both sentences are possible.
- The choice simply depends on whether this happens when you want to call him out, or when you actually do call him out.
- "call him out on this" is informal.
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You should never write "wanna" unless you deliberately want to convey a very casual tone, especially when transcribing dialogue. It is inappropriate here. If "wanna" is corrected to "want to", both sentences are possible. The choice simply depends on whether this happens when you want to call him out, or when you actually do call him out.
"call him out on this" is informal.
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