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Stevenukd Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Who says that

Dear Teachers,

B: You look so beautiful.

C: Really? Thanks. But you're the first person who says that / but you're the first person who says so.

- Are these natural to say?

Thanks very much to Teachers,

Stevenukd
  

Top answer

Stevenukd, There are other users more capable of telling you why it's unnatural, but the way you'd want to write it would be like this: C: Really? Thanks. But you're the first person to say that.

  • Stevenukd, There are other users more capable of telling you why it's unnatural, but the way you'd want to write it would be like this: C: Really?
  • Thanks.
  • But you're the first person to say that.
  • / to say so.
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Stevenukd,
There are other users more capable of telling you why it's unnatural, but the way you'd want to write it would be like this:

C: Really? Thanks. But you're the first person to say that. / to say so.
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StevenukdDear Teachers,

B: You look so beautiful.

C: Really? Thanks. But you're the first person who said/has said that / but you're the first person who said/has said so.

- Are these natural to say?

Thanks very much to Teachers,

Stevenukd

They are gramatically corr
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BAnholzerThere are other users more capable of telling you why it's unnatural
You have made digs at people you don't know much about.

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