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16 feb 2017
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Inglés (US)
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¿Esto suena natural? I have to travel a long distance for the training session. That's ridiculous.
¿Esto suena natural? I have to travel a long distance for the training session. That's ridiculous.
"travel a long distance" is OK? can I just say "travel long distance" (without a). Thank you!
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16 feb 2017
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- Inglés (US)
Poco natural
You could say that, but I feel like that specific idea is more likely communicated by an American as, "I have to travel ridiculously far for this training." "Distance" is s bit of a technical word, and isn't used often conversationally. Also, traveling far for a training isn't necessarily ridiculous, because there's no telling what you think "far" is. But, "ridiculously far" paints a better picture for the listener -- that you have to travel a stupid distance for just a training.
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- Inglés (US)
Natural
"Travel a long distance" is right.
Your sentence sounds fine, but I might say: "I have to travel a long distance for the training session, it's ridiculous."
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- Japonés
@GraberAndy Thank you! WHAT!!!!!????. I thought I could use either "It" or "that". Can tell me why I should choose "it" over "that"?
- Inglés (US)
Natural
@u-1 You can use both, either is fine.
Saying "it's" here just makes the sentence flow better. When you use "it", you can combine the sentences. It sounds like more natural speech to me. It's kind of hard to explain.
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@GraberAndy I see! Thank you.
- Inglés (US)
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You could say that, but I feel like that specific idea is more likely communicated by an American as, "I have to travel ridiculously far for this training." "Distance" is s bit of a technical word, and isn't used often conversationally. Also, traveling far for a training isn't necessarily ridiculous, because there's no telling what you think "far" is. But, "ridiculously far" paints a better picture for the listener -- that you have to travel a stupid distance for just a training.
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@slyjester Great. "ridiculously far" sounds really cool. Thank you! Arigato gozaimasu!
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