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MooCat

28 February

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What is the natural way to say “to avoid being taken as sarcasm, I’ll try to use the phrase A with the phrase B”?

It’s when someone told you using only phrase A could be taken as sarcasm so you would be better off using it with phrase B.

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cyrustorz

28 February

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What you said is already fine, but I would have replied like this:
“I’ll try clarifying with that phrase to avoid being taken as sarcastic.”

(Also, “phrase A” and “phrase B” should not have “the” before them.)

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cyrustorz

28 February

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What you said is already fine, but I would have replied like this:
“I’ll try clarifying with that phrase to avoid being taken as sarcastic.”

(Also, “phrase A” and “phrase B” should not have “the” before them.)

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MooCat

28 February

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@cyrustorz
“I’ll try clarifying with that phrase to avoid being taken as sarcastic”
Thank you for the alternative! :D

Oh it shouldn’t? Ok, I’ll try and say phrase A next time.

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28 February

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What is the natural way to say “to avoid being taken as sarcasm, I’ll try to use the phrase A with the phrase B”?It’s when someone told you using only phrase A could be taken as sarcasm so you would be better off using it with phrase B. See a translation

What you said is already fine, but I would have replied like this:“I’ll try clarifying with that phrase to avoid being taken as sarcastic.”(Also, “phrase A” and “phrase B” should not have “the” before them.)

What you said is already fine, but I would have replied like this:“I’ll try clarifying with that phrase to avoid being taken as sarcastic.”(Also, “phrase A” and “phrase B” should not have “the” before them.)

What is the natural way to say “to avoid being taken as sarcasm, I’ll try to use the phrase A with the phrase B”?

It’s when someone told you using only phrase A could be taken as sarcasm so you would be better off using it with phrase B.

See a translation

What you said is already fine, but I would have replied like this:
“I’ll try clarifying with that phrase to avoid being taken as sarcastic.”

(Also, “phrase A” and “phrase B” should not have “the” before them.)

What you said is already fine, but I would have replied like this:
“I’ll try clarifying with that phrase to avoid being taken as sarcastic.”

(Also, “phrase A” and “phrase B” should not have “the” before them.)