"What is this trick or treat?" answered Jame.

[alpacinou]

"Either you let me sleep with Patrick or I'm filing for divorce," said Nicole in an admonishing tone.

"What is this trick or treat?" answered Jame.

 

[jutfrank]

Why have you stopped telling us what you'd like us to do with your sentences?

 

[Tdol]

The second speaker needs to work on their punctuation.

 

[alpacinou]

Why have you stopped telling us what you'd like us to do with your sentences?

Because emsr2d2 said it's unnecessary. I always want to know if my sentences are natural and correct.

 

[alpacinou]

The second speaker needs to work on their punctuation.

What do you mean? What should I fix?

 

[jutfrank]

The first is good.

The quotation in the second needs to be written as two separate questions: What is this? Trick or treat?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

"Either you let me sleep with Patrick or I'm filing for divorce," said Nicole in an admonishing tone.

"What is this? Trick or treat?" answered Jame.

Jame? Jane? James?

Hm. This doesn't sound like a trick-or-treat situation. Am I just not getting it?

 

[alpacinou]

Hm. This doesn't sound like a trick-or-treat situation. Am I just not getting it?

He has two bad options. Isn't that kind of similar to trick and treat?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Sure, in a way, although the treat part isn't very bad. It's the trick that's the threat.

Literally, it means: Give me a treat or I'll play a trick on you.

Here are some other expressions that offer two bad choices:

- between a rock and a hard place
- heads, you win, tails, I lose
- the devil or the deep blue sea
- damned if you do, damned if you don't

Maybe other folks here can think of others. Anyhow, trick or treat isn't bad.

 

[emsr2d2]

Because emsr2d2 said it's unnecessary. I always want to know if my sentences are natural and correct.

I absolutely did not tell you to stop explaining what you would like us to do. I said that asking us "Are my sentences good?" is an unhelpful question. I suggested that you ask "Are my sentences grammatically correct?" That's the most important question. Once you (and we) are satisfied that they are grammatically correct, you can move on to something like "Is there a better word than XXXX?" or "Are there any stylistic improvements you can suggest?"

The first post in every thread must include a question or a request. There are thousands of users here. We can't be expected to just remember that you "always want to know ...".

 

[jutfrank]

Hm. This doesn't sound like a trick-or-treat situation. Am I just not getting it?

Oh, right. I misunderstood too. I thought they were two completely unrelated sentences. And I read Jane instead of James.

 

[alpacinou]

Is this okay?

"Either you let me sleep with Patrick without making a fuss or I'm filing for divorce," said Nicole in an admonishing tone.

"Heads, you win, tails, I lose," answered Jame [her husband].

 

[emsr2d2]

It seems like a strange deal. If James' wife wants to sleep with another man, divorce seems like a great result!

 

[Tdol]

He has two bad options. Isn't that kind of similar to trick and treat?

If that is so, is the treat the divorce or letting her sleep with Patrick?

 

[alpacinou]

If that is so, is the treat the divorce or letting her sleep with Patrick?

The option of sleeping with another man is the treat for the wife.