[General] natural or unnatural English?

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maoyueh

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As a Chinese, I need to know whether the following two sentences are natural or unnatural. Thanks a lot.

1. America is an immigration country.
2. Losing your credit cards may bring you trouble.

maoyueh
 

Barb_D

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As a Chinese, I need to know whether the following two sentences are natural or unnatural. Thanks a lot.

1. America is an immigration country. Not natural
2. Losing your credit cards may bring you trouble. Acceptable

maoyueh
America is a country of immigrants.
 

HanibalII

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As a Chinese, I need to know whether the following two sentences are natural or unnatural. Thanks a lot.

1. America is an immigration country.
2. Losing your credit cards may bring you trouble.

maoyueh

America is a country of immigrants.

I don't think 'bring you trouble' is natural. I think the more common, natural way to say it would be 'losing your credit cards may cause you trouble.'
 

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You are not "a Chinese." You are a Chinese man or a Chinese woman. Or a Chinese person.
 

emsr2d2

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Also, you don't need to know whether your sentences are natural or not specifically because you are Chinese. You simply need to know them because you are a learner of English. You could have started your post with "I would like to know ..."
 
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