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Does this sound natural?
“Her hair is straight up like a ball of wool.”
Does this sound natural?
“Her hair is straight up like a ball of wool.”
“Her hair is straight up like a ball of wool.”
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yes if you were using the phrase “straight up” as slang
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@studiousboy
What does "straight up" mean to you?
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
@mm80 Thanks, which of these do you think sounds more natural, though?
1. Her hair is straight up like a ball of wool.
2. Her hair is straight up like wool.
1. Her hair is straight up like a ball of wool.
2. Her hair is straight up like wool.
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- English (US)
@studiousboy honestly either of them work, they both sound natural to me!
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- English (US)
@studiousboy there really is no difference, the first one is just more descriptive by specifying how the wool is.
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