Are these sentences natural? Jan 8

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musicgold

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Hi,

Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?

1. We here have quite a variety of coffees.

2. Don’t these brands of coffees give you a kick, that you always need to buy from outside.

3. It is good that you told me in time, otherwise I would have lost my mind searching for it.

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1. Only if you mean 'We have quite a variety of coffees here'.

2. No.

3. Yes.

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Thanks Rover. How would you re-write #2? How about the following version?


2b. Don’t these brands of coffees give you a kick? Why do you always need to buy from outside.
 

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That's not natural either.

I'm not even sure what you are trying to say.

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1. We here have quite a variety of coffees.
I wanted to say that in our office kitchen there is a large variety of coffees.

2. Don’t these brands of coffees give you a kick, that you always need to buy from outside.

One of my colleagues buys his coffee from outside; so I wanted to know why he does that.
 
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