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He had a volatile temper and couldn't have been easy to live with.
Does it sound natural? If not, please correct it. Thank you.
He had a volatile temper and couldn't have been easy to live with.
Does it sound natural? If not, please correct it. Thank you.
Does it sound natural? If not, please correct it. Thank you.
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19 Oct 2017
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It's completely correct but sounds a little bookish to me. Most people would say in person, "He had a bad temper and couldn't have been easy to live with." What you wrote sounds more like something from a detective novel but still passable in conversation.
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It's completely correct but sounds a little bookish to me. Most people would say in person, "He had a bad temper and couldn't have been easy to live with." What you wrote sounds more like something from a detective novel but still passable in conversation.
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