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17 May
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Dooes this sound natural? I wanna use through word of mouth.
I found out about the situation through word of mouth.
Dooes this sound natural? I wanna use through word of mouth.
I found out about the situation through word of mouth.
I found out about the situation through word of mouth.
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- English (US)
Yep! That sounds natural.
"I heard about the party through word of mouth."
Sometimes I say 'by' but it's the same thing:
"I get most of my info by word of mouth."
- Japanese
My understanding is that 'word of mouth' is similar to 'rumor'.
Isn't this used?
Isn't this used?
- English (US)
@fukutaka おそらく上の方は「I wanna use through word of mouth」が通じていないと思います。
Through word of mouth の部分がただ文章の一部と思われているので、意味的に「口コミでつかいたい」になってしまいます。
こうやってはっきりと分けましょう：
I want to use the phrase "through word of mouth."
まず ”” クォーテーションマークで使いたいフレーズをくくりましょう。
それから「これが使いたい表現だよ」と分かってもらうため、the phrase ... と言えます。
これは ... という表現 という意味です。
- Japanese
なるほ、そういうことでしたか。教えてくれてありがとうございます。
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