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8 Jan 2019
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How do you say this in English (US)? Is it natural to say:
"I could have felt it when I was in my cell, the energy being sucked out of me."
How do you say this in English (US)? Is it natural to say:
"I could have felt it when I was in my cell, the energy being sucked out of me."
"I could have felt it when I was in my cell, the energy being sucked out of me."
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8 Jan 2019
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@mywing2344
Even with the context it still sounds wrong to me.
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Are you talking about sitting in a jail cell!?
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@mywing2344
Oh I see.
"I could feel it when I was in my cell, the energy being sucked out of me."
I would say it like this, "I could feel the energy being sucked out of me when I was sitting in my cell."
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@Heartsong Thanks~😀😀 "I could feel it when I was in my cell, the energy being sucked out of me."
Is this original sentence less natural?
Is this original sentence less natural?
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@mywing2344
The tense sounds wrong to me.
Will you please show me some of the context?
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@Heartsong On the wall before me the door to my cell appeared like it always did, from thin air. ... I could have felt it when I was in my cell, the energy being sucked out of me.
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@mywing2344
Even with the context it still sounds wrong to me.
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