cantia
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- Feb 4, 2011
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- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Spanish
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- Argentina
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- Argentina
Hello.
In English, when writing a short story for instance,
does it sound weird and "non-English" if you write a sentence like "He cleaned his house", as opposed to "He cleaned up his house", or "She has already saved enough money for a car" , as opposed to "... saved up"?
what I`m asking is, is usage of phrasal verbs necessary to avoid sounding foreign?
and for the matter how can you tell when what you`re reading doesn`t sound like something a native might write?
for instance, would you be able to tell I wasn`t a native speaker based on the way this question sounds?
In English, when writing a short story for instance,
does it sound weird and "non-English" if you write a sentence like "He cleaned his house", as opposed to "He cleaned up his house", or "She has already saved enough money for a car" , as opposed to "... saved up"?
what I`m asking is, is usage of phrasal verbs necessary to avoid sounding foreign?
and for the matter how can you tell when what you`re reading doesn`t sound like something a native might write?
for instance, would you be able to tell I wasn`t a native speaker based on the way this question sounds?