Her company would compensate her.

[Silverobama]

A 30-year-old woman, who’s a friend of mine, is looking for a private tutor. She wants to learn English and I think David Mitchell is the only one who’s capable of teaching her. So I sent a text message to David and ask David to help her. David can therefore earn some money. I told David to charge her 800 yuan because my friend's company would give the money she spends on her tutoring to her.

I wrote the sentence "Her company would compensate her".

Is the italic sentence natural? Please help me with a natural one.

 

[tedmc]

No, how about "Her company will pay for/reimburse her for her tuition fees"?
You compensate someone for something that is lost.

 

[emsr2d2]

A 30-year-old woman, who’s a friend of mine no comma here is looking for a private tutor. She wants to learn English and I think David Mitchell is the only one who’s capable of teaching her. So I sent him a text message to David and asked David him if he'd like to earn some money to help by tutoring her. David can therefore earn some money. I told David him to charge her 800 yuan because my friend's her company would give the money she spends on her tutoring to her. will be paying for the classes.

I wrote the sentence "Her company would compensate reimburse her".

Is the italic sentence natural? Please help me with a natural one.

They'll be reimbursing her if she pays for the classes herself and then the company gives her the same amount of money later.
They're paying for the classes if they're going to pay David direct.

 

[Silverobama]

They'll be reimbursing her if she pays for the classes herself and then the company gives her the same amount of money later.
They're paying for the classes if they're going to pay David direct.

Much appreciated, EMS.

Do I need to say "Her company will reimburse her"? Will this sound more natural? I used "would" because the conditional here.

 

[emsr2d2]

@Silverobama I forgot to mention in post #3 that you need to work on using pronouns. You used "David" five times in that short paragraph. Once his name had been given, he should have been referred to using "him" and "his" afterwards.

 

[Silverobama]

@Silverobama I forgot to mention in post #3 that you need to work on using pronouns. You used "David" five times in that short paragraph. Once his name had been given, he should have been referred to using "him" and "his" afterwards.

Got it. Much appreciated! I'll do better next time. If you still remember the "then" issue, I think you'll agree with me this time and believe that I'll do better in my future threads.

 

[emsr2d2]

Much appreciated, EMS. emsr2d2.

Do I need to say "Her company will reimburse her"? Will this sound more natural? I used "would" because the conditional here.

It would indeed make more sense to say "will" if you're certain that will happen. It also suggests that you're pretty sure David's going to take her on as a student.

If David tutored her and she paid David direct, her company would reimburse her.
David will tutor her, she'll pay David direct and her company will reimburse her.