[General] I wanted to use the....

[Silverobama]

Tonight I walked by a shopping mall and thought of the English club there; it was held every Monday evening. I didn't go there for a while so I almost forgot that one. I was going to use the bathroom in the shopping mall and when I thought of the English club, I went there. Some old friends there saw me and asked "What brought you out here tonight?" I said:

I walked by when I thought of our English club.

Is the italic sentence natural?

 

[Tarheel]

Tonight I was walking by a shopping mall and thought of the English club there; it meets every Monday evening. I hadn't been there in a while, so I had almost forgotten that one. I was going to use the bathroom in the shopping mall, and when I thought of the English club, I went there. Some old friends there saw me and asked "What brought you out here tonight?" I said:

I was walking by when I thought of our English club.

Is the italic sentence natural?

Two things. One, it's close enough, I guess. Two -- which is it -- were you walking by, or had you gone in to use the restroom?

 

[emsr2d2]

Tonight, I [STRIKE]walked[/STRIKE] was walking [STRIKE]by[/STRIKE] towards/near a shopping mall and thought of the English club there; it [STRIKE]was[/STRIKE] is held every Monday evening. I didn't go [STRIKE]there[/STRIKE] for a while so I had almost forgotten [STRIKE]that one[/STRIKE] it existed. I [STRIKE]was going[/STRIKE] needed to use the bathroom in the [STRIKE]shopping[/STRIKE] mall and when I thought of the English club, I [STRIKE]went there[/STRIKE] decided to pop/go in. Some old friends [STRIKE]there[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]saw[/STRIKE] spotted me and asked "What brought you out here tonight?" I said:

I [STRIKE]walked[/STRIKE] was walking by when I [STRIKE]thought of[/STRIKE] remembered [STRIKE]our[/STRIKE] this English club.

Is the italic sentence natural?

emsr2d2

 

[emsr2d2]

By the way, what's the relevance of your title?

 

[Silverobama]

By the way, what's the relevance of your title?

Sorry for the delay, emsr2d2.

I was about to use "I wanted to use..." to start my original sentence but I forgot to change it. Sorry for that.