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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Wording

can one say -

I have brought along some books and you may read them if you would like.

Thank you
  

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How about deleting ' along ' in the sentence ?

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How about deleting ' along ' in the sentence ?
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i guess your sentence is correct.
But isn't it too polite and wordy.
How about this..
I have brought along some books, and you may read.

It is polite and short to the point.
In addition, you need comma before (and) because you are connecting two sentences.

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