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    Default Are these sentences natural? Feb 16


    Hi,

    Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?

    1. Has the Yoga class for today been cancelled? (is the article before ‘yoga class’ required ?

    2. For starters, I can send you my latest presentation, and then we can do a follow up call.

    3. I talked to your London office and they told me reach out to you.

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    Default Re: Are these sentences natural? Feb 16

    You don't need to capitalize the y in yoga, but I would use the article.
    Use a hyphen with follow-up call.
    They told me to reach out to you.
    I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.

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    Default Re: Are these sentences natural? Feb 16

    Quote Originally Posted by musicgold View Post
    3. I talked to your London office and they told me to reach out to you.
    Unless I worked with some sort of evangelical organisation, this would sound very strange to me.
    Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
    Your thread title should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.
    If you just want to know the meaning of a word, try OneLook Dictionary Search first.


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