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1. I'm angry at myself for not being able to break up with my girlfriend.
2. My girlfriend was angry at me for not giving her any gifts for her birthday.
3. Don't be angry at me for just helping her with her homework.
4. Why are you still angry at me?
5. You didn't have to get angry at my ex-girlfriend when she bumped into us on the street last night.
→ Are they grammatically correct and natural?
→ In each sentence, is it okay to replace "angry" with "mad"?
→ For no.5, is it okay to replace "get" with "become"?
1. I'm angry at myself for not being able to break up with my girlfriend.
2. My girlfriend was angry at me for not giving her any gifts for her birthday.
3. Don't be angry at me for just helping her with her homework.
4. Why are you still angry at me?
5. You didn't have to get angry at my ex-girlfriend when she bumped into us on the street last night.
→ Are they grammatically correct and natural?
→ In each sentence, is it okay to replace "angry" with "mad"?
→ For no.5, is it okay to replace "get" with "become"?
2. My girlfriend was angry at me for not giving her any gifts for her birthday.
3. Don't be angry at me for just helping her with her homework.
4. Why are you still angry at me?
5. You didn't have to get angry at my ex-girlfriend when she bumped into us on the street last night.
→ Are they grammatically correct and natural?
→ In each sentence, is it okay to replace "angry" with "mad"?
→ For no.5, is it okay to replace "get" with "become"?
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Yes, all of these sentences sound very natural! You can replace 'angry' with 'mad' and replace 'get' with 'become' and it will all still sound very natural.
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These are all great sentences! And yes “mad” can be used instead in all of them.
I think “become” would sound unnatural in number 5.
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