[General] You need to access....

[Silverobama]

A conversation between Alice and me:

Alice: How to use COCA?
Silver: You need to access COCA first then you can open an account. Then you can put any word you want to use in the blank to see how the word is used.

Is the italic sentence natural?

 

[teechar]

A conversation between Alice and me:

Alice: Can you tell me how to use COCA (please)?
Silver: You need to [STRIKE]access COCA[/STRIKE] register first, then you can [STRIKE]open an account. Then you can put[/STRIKE] search for any word (or string) [STRIKE]you want to use in the blank[/STRIKE] to see how [STRIKE]the word[/STRIKE] that is used as well as how common it is.

Is the italic sentence natural?

See above.