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[-] Gladaed@feddit.org 18 points 1 year ago

The hotel's neighbor across had a suit I wanted to try on.

You can find less complicated constructions that parallel their order.

[-] joshthewaster@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Sure. But if you knew how to construct your scentence to make translation that easy you probably wouldn't need a translator.

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Sure, but that sounds clumsier and hides the meaning of the statement at the end which isn't usually how English speakers talk. It may be a less complicated translation but it isn't a better one.

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