Does this sentence sound nature? "You don't have to waste your money upon travelling"

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Does this sentence sound nature? "You don't have to waste your money upon travelling"

Hello everyone,

Does this sentence sound natural?

It's about fast food - I think it's one of it's advantages.

"In addition to the time, saved to an already busy life, you don't have to waste your money upon travelling to the supermarket so as to purchase ingredients to be then cooked for long. Therefore, it assists people with cutting back on costly fuel and energy"
 
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Re: Does this sentence sound nature? "You don't have to waste your money upon travell

No. Use "on" or nothing instead of "upon".
 

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Re: Does this sentence sound nature? "You don't have to waste your money upon travell

I think on has the same meaning as upon, but upon is more formal, isn't it?
 

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Re: Does this sentence sound nature? "You don't have to waste your money upon travell

No.
 

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Re: Does this sentence sound nature? "You don't have to waste your money upon travell

Does this sentence sound natur[STRIKE]e[/STRIKE]al?
 

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Re: Does this sentence sound nature? "You don't have to waste your money upon travell

Hello everyone,

Does this sentence sound natural?

It's about fast food - I think it's one of [strike]it's[/strike] its advantages.

"In addition to the time (no comma required) saved [strike]to[/strike] in an already busy life, you don't have to waste your money [strike]upon[/strike] travelling to the supermarket [strike]so as[/strike] to purchase ingredients which then have to be [STRIKE]then[/STRIKE] cooked for a long time. Therefore, it assists people with cutting back on costly fuel and energy."

Please see my corrections. Your title should read "natural", not "nature". As the others have said, "upon" is wrong. I wouldn't use anything at all there.

Don't waste your time worrying about things you can't change.
He wasted his time carrying all those boxes up the stairs.

Note that "so as to" was unnecessary in your piece. It's not grammatically wrong, it's just very unnatural here.

Be careful with "it's" and "its".
 
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Re: Does this sentence sound nature? "You don't have to waste your money upon travell

So, when is so as to usually used?
 

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Re: Does this sentence sound nature? "You don't have to waste your money upon travell

I would consider it to have a rather more formal usage.
 
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