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Does this sound natural?
"Mobile boarding passes are useful unless your phone's battery is flat."
Does this sound natural?
"Mobile boarding passes are useful unless your phone's battery is flat."
"Mobile boarding passes are useful unless your phone's battery is flat."
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20 Sep 2021
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@esejacky Pretty good, the only change you would want to make is in the choice of the word “flat”
When you want to convey a battery has no charge left in English, we usually just say “dead”. Sometimes you’ll hear “dry” as well, though not as often.
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@esejacky Pretty good, the only change you would want to make is in the choice of the word “flat”
When you want to convey a battery has no charge left in English, we usually just say “dead”. Sometimes you’ll hear “dry” as well, though not as often.
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@neilandsamm
Thank you for your advice.
Which should I say, "unless your phone is dead" or "unless your phone's battery is dead"?
Thank you for your advice.
Which should I say, "unless your phone is dead" or "unless your phone's battery is dead"?
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@esejacky “Phone’s battery” would be more correct, but most of the time if we hear someone say “my phone is dead”, our first assumption is that it’s because of the battery. Both are commonly used though so either will sound natural.
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