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28 Nov 2021
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English (US)
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Please correct this Q&A and make it more natural.
Child care is an acceptable excuse to decline an invitation.
Please correct this Q&A and make it more natural.
Child care is an acceptable excuse to decline an invitation.
Child care is an acceptable excuse to decline an invitation.
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This sounds natural. Without context, I think no correction is needed. You could also write this as "Needing to care for a child is an acceptable excuse to decline an invitation.", but I can't say whether this is better without knowing the surrounding context.
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