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There was a shift in media with which people get information. People began to read less books after the advent of the internet. Does this sound natural?
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A little unnatural
Since these two are connected, I would write ”Since” in the beginning of the sentence and the put a common to connect with the next one. This shows that there is a cause and effect.
”Since there was a shift in media with which people got information, people began to read less books after the advent of the internet.”
The sentence sounds natural but the idea behind it is a bit awkwardly written...but no worse than native English speakers do in High School. So I think you did a great job writing it!
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A little unnatural
Since these two are connected, I would write ”Since” in the beginning of the sentence and the put a common to connect with the next one. This shows that there is a cause and effect.
”Since there was a shift in media with which people got information, people began to read less books after the advent of the internet.”
The sentence sounds natural but the idea behind it is a bit awkwardly written...but no worse than native English speakers do in High School. So I think you did a great job writing it!
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