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Does this sound natural in English?
Today while I was at the grocery store, there was a lady in front of me who had no more cash to pay for her groceries so I paid them for her. She seemed embarassed of the situation but I told her that it's not a big deal. I know that good deeds returns. My only wish is to have my grandma who is sick still with me for the holidays.
Does this sound natural in English?
Today while I was at the grocery store, there was a lady in front of me who had no more cash to pay for her groceries so I paid them for her. She seemed embarassed of the situation but I told her that it's not a big deal. I know that good deeds returns. My only wish is to have my grandma who is sick still with me for the holidays.
Today while I was at the grocery store, there was a lady in front of me who had no more cash to pay for her groceries so I paid them for her. She seemed embarassed of the situation but I told her that it's not a big deal. I know that good deeds returns. My only wish is to have my grandma who is sick still with me for the holidays.
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At the very least it is easily understood, but not really natural. A corrected version would be:
"Today at the grocery store a lady in front of me at checkout couldn't afford all her groceries so I paid for her. She seemed embarassed, but I told her it was not a problem. I know that my good deeds will be repaid. My only wish is for me to be able to spend time with my grandma for the holidays'
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Sounds good, consider using commas (,).
Today, while I was at the grocery store, there was a lady in front of me who couldn't afford her groceries, so I paid them for her. She seemed embarassed of the situation, but I told her that it's not a big deal. I know that good deeds returns.
My only wish is to still have my grandma, who is sick, with me for the holidays.
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Today, when I was at the grocery store, there was a lady in front of me who had did not have enough cash to pay for her groceries. So I paid for them for her. She seemed embarrassed about the situation but I told her that it's not a big deal. I know that good deeds will return to me. My only wish is to have my grandma with me for the holidays, but she is still sick.
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At the very least it is easily understood, but not really natural. A corrected version would be:
"Today at the grocery store a lady in front of me at checkout couldn't afford all her groceries so I paid for her. She seemed embarassed, but I told her it was not a problem. I know that my good deeds will be repaid. My only wish is for me to be able to spend time with my grandma for the holidays'
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Very good. Just a few small preposition and punctuation changes.
"Today, while I was at the grocery store, there was a lady in front of me who didn't have enough cash to pay for her groceries, so I paid them for her. She seemed embarrassed by the situation, but I told her that it wasn't a big deal. I know that good deeds are returned. My only wish is to have my grandma, who is sick, with me for the holidays."
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@MetRon Much better, though "I know that good deeds are returned" still sounds strange since it seems to imply somewhat that the person you do a good deed for will be the one to "return" it. Admittedly my previous example wasn't much of an improvement in that regard but I found it difficult to address so just changed it up a bit.
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