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Contiluo Posted 11 years ago
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with no-show

Are the sentences acceptable?

1. However, a netizen posted a message on PTT saying that the other day he made a telephone call from Taiwan to Unagiya Hirokawa, booking a table for reservation.

2. Unexpectedly, he was declined by the waiter who complained that they often got stood up by Taiwanese tourists who had made a reservation with no-show.
  

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contiluo Are the sentences acceptable? It depends on if you want an understandable sentence, or a natural and grammatically correct one.

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  • contiluo Are the sentences acceptable?
  • It depends on if you want an understandable sentence, or a natural and grammatically correct one.
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contiluoAre the sentences acceptable?
It depends on if you want an understandable sentence, or a natural and grammatically correct one.
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contiluoAre the sentences acceptable?1. However, a netizen posted a message on PTT saying that the other day he made a telephone call from Taiwan to Unagiya Hirokawa, booking a table for reservation.
"for reservation." is repetitive and superfluous. Your suggestion would be better without it.
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1. However, a netizen posted a message on PTT saying that the other day he made a telephone call from Taiwan to Unagiya Hirokawa in Tokyo, reserving a table (for the next evening).

2. Unexpectedly, the waiter refused to take his reservation, complaining that Taiwanese tourists who made reservations often did not show up.
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