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Latest post Fri, Jul 17 2009 12:04 PM by MrPernickety. 3 replies.
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MrPernickety  +  823752 Fri, 17 Jul 09 11:24 AM
Hi,

 

Could you check this sentence for mistakes and oversights, and from a native speaker's standpoind, does it sound natural?

 

Contratulations ! You wrote a perfert book ... for me to use as kindling

 

This sentence is intended as a sardonic quip about the book that I consider a meaningless waste of paper.

 

Thanks !

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Fandorin  +  823760 Fri, 17 Jul 09 11:32 AM
Why not? Apart from quite a few typos which you unintentionally made.

Useless labour, you have composed. 


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“This sentence is intended as a sardonic quip...”

I hope you're not going to tell the author that. He can go off the deep end. 

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Mister Micawber  +  823771 Fri, 17 Jul 09 11:40 AM
'Tinder' is a more appropriate word than 'kindling'.
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MrPernickety  +  823804 Fri, 17 Jul 09 12:04 PM
Thanks, guys !
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