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10 abr 2015
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Inglés (US)
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¿Esto suena natural? I nicked my finger with an edge of a knife while had cutting cucumbers.
¿Esto suena natural? I nicked my finger with an edge of a knife while had cutting cucumbers.
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10 abr 2015
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- Inglés (US)
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-I nicked my finger with an edge of a knife...
Technically this is correct, but it sounds a little strange. I'd change it to this:
-I nicked my finger on the edge of a knife...
- ...while had cutting cucumbers. X
- ...while cutting cucumbers.

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