Are these sentences natural? December 14

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musicgold

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Hi,

Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?

1. I don’t know how to play chess ( Someone asked if I wanted to play chess).

2. I said this to someone who asked me if I wanted to play pingpong with them.

3. My thoughts are mostly what john just said.
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MG.
 

bhaisahab

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Hi,

Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?

1. I don’t know how to play chess ( Someone asked if I wanted to play chess).

2. I said this to someone who asked me if I wanted to play pingpong with them.

3. My thoughts are mostly what John just said.
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Thanks,
MG.
They are OK.
 

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With #2, I would say "table tennis", not "pingpong".
 

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In any event, dictionaries spell it ping-pong or ping pong - not as a single word.

Rover
 

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Thanks folks.
 
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