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u-1

4 Dec 2022

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"Kenken was really nice, he went out of his way and drove me to the place where I picked up my package. On the way back home, I gave him some snacks in the package to thank him. "

Hello! Do you think the sentences above sound natural? Thank you.

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b33fc0de

4 Dec 2022

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Sounds good, some small corrections:
"Kenken was really nice. He went out of his way to drive me to the place where I picked up my package. On the way back home, I gave him some snacks from the package as gratitude."

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b33fc0de

4 Dec 2022

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Sounds good, some small corrections:
"Kenken was really nice. He went out of his way to drive me to the place where I picked up my package. On the way back home, I gave him some snacks from the package as gratitude."

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u-1

4 Dec 2022

Japanese

@b33fc0de Ahh, "...way To drive..." and "...From the package" and "as gratitude". Thank you so much. I'm not contesting you, but sometimes I hear "to thank someone". Do you think the expression is worth memorizing?

b33fc0de

5 Dec 2022

English (US)

@u-1 "To thank him" is fine. It's an infinitive. But you have to link it properly when you use it with prepositional phrases, otherwise it's confusing. If I used it, I would reorder it:

"(In order) To thank him on the way back home, I gave him some snacks from the package. "

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u-1

5 Dec 2022

Japanese

@b33fc0de Ahh, the location was in the wrong place. It has to come to the beginning of the passage. Thank you😁.

b33fc0de

5 Dec 2022

English (US)

@u-1 For longer sentences, this is better.

If it's a short sentence, especially spoken, it's fine.

"I gave him some money to help."
"I stopped eating fast food to lose weight."
"If you want to catch the bus, you need to run."

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"Kenken was really nice, he went out of his way and drove me to the place where I picked up my package. On the way back home, I gave him some snacks in the package to thank him. "

Hello! Do you think the sentences above sound natural? Thank you.

"Kenken was really nice, he went out of his way and drove me to the place where I picked up my package. On the way back home, I gave him some snacks in the package to thank him. "Hello! Do you think the sentences above sound natural? Thank you. See a translation

Sounds good, some small corrections:"Kenken was really nice. He went out of his way to drive me to the place where I picked up my package. On the way back home, I gave him some snacks from the package as gratitude."

Sounds good, some small corrections:"Kenken was really nice. He went out of his way to drive me to the place where I picked up my package. On the way back home, I gave him some snacks from the package as gratitude."

@u-1 "To thank him" is fine. It's an infinitive. But you have to link it properly when you use it with prepositional phrases, otherwise it's confusing. If I used it, I would reorder it:"(In order) To thank him on the way back home, I gave him some snacks from the package. "

@u-1 For longer sentences, this is better.If it's a short sentence, especially spoken, it's fine."I gave him some money to help.""I stopped eating fast food to lose weight.""If you want to catch the bus, you need to run."

"Kenken was really nice, he went out of his way and drove me to the place where I picked up my package. On the way back home, I gave him some snacks in the package to thank him. "

Hello! Do you think the sentences above sound natural? Thank you.

Sounds good, some small corrections:
"Kenken was really nice. He went out of his way to drive me to the place where I picked up my package. On the way back home, I gave him some snacks from the package as gratitude."

Sounds good, some small corrections:
"Kenken was really nice. He went out of his way to drive me to the place where I picked up my package. On the way back home, I gave him some snacks from the package as gratitude."

@u-1 "To thank him" is fine. It's an infinitive. But you have to link it properly when you use it with prepositional phrases, otherwise it's confusing. If I used it, I would reorder it:

"(In order) To thank him on the way back home, I gave him some snacks from the package. "

@u-1 For longer sentences, this is better.

If it's a short sentence, especially spoken, it's fine.

"I gave him some money to help."
"I stopped eating fast food to lose weight."
"If you want to catch the bus, you need to run."