''This sentence sounds natural/unnatural''.

[99bottles]

People in this forum often say ''This sentence sounds natural/unnatural''. I'm not sure
I understand what ''natural/unnatural'' means in those statements.

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: Maybe this is a stupid question

If we say something is unnatural, it means that it's grammatical but it's not something a native speaker would ever say.

 

[teechar]

Re: Maybe this is a stupid question

People in this forum often say ''This sentence sounds natural/unnatural''. I'm not sure
I understand what ''natural/unnatural'' means in those statements.

You posted the same question in another thread, and you got an answer.

Take a look at post #8 in the following.
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/260981-Wear-an-expression
Why did you start a new thread for the same thing?

 

[teechar]

Re: Maybe this is a stupid question

Jan Kowalski: note that I have deleted your post. It had a lot of incomprehensible text, and it did not state that you're not a teacher. If you are going to offer answers, you need to clearly state that somewhere in your post.

 

[Rover_KE]

Please note that I have changed your thread title.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[99bottles]

Re: Maybe this is a stupid question

You posted the same question in another thread, and you got an answer.

Take a look at post #8 in the following.
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/260981-Wear-an-expression
Why did you start a new thread for the same thing?

That was not an answer, it was a wisecrack. Now I got an answer!

 

[jutfrank]

Re: Maybe this is a stupid question

That was not an answer, it was a wisecrack. Now I got an answer!

You obviously didn't realise that teechar gave an accurate and useful answer, which was not intended at all to be a wisecrack.

 

[teechar]

Re: Maybe this is a stupid question

That was not an answer. It was a wisecrack. Now, I got an answer!

See above corrections.

 

[99bottles]

Re: Maybe this is a stupid question

You obviously didn't realise that teechar gave an accurate and useful answer, which was not intended at all to be a wisecrack.

I'm sorry, I hadn't seen that answer. I had only seen Piscan's wisecrack.

 

[teechar]

Re: Maybe this is a stupid question

It's Piscean.