Mr. Tom  +  857677 Tue, 11 Aug 09 10:26 PM Hi   How do you (as a native speaker) find this conversation?     Was it a false rumour? No, it was true. ”   Thanks, Tom Mr. Tom Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 Regular Member 710 Tom Speaking, Chat, Friendships, Conversational

	Mr Wordy  +  857695 Tue, 11 Aug 09 10:45 PM It sounds fine to me. Mr Wordy Joined on Tue, May 27 2008 Senior Member 2,359 Native British English speaker

	Grammar Geek  +  857739 Tue, 11 Aug 09 11:33 PM Did you worry that it was redundant to say "false rumor"? A rumor can be true or false.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,660 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Mr Wordy  +  857770 Tue, 11 Aug 09 11:58 PM Grammar Geek “Did you worry that it was redundant to say "false rumor"? A rumor can be true or false.”     How do you mean, GG? If a rumour can be true or false then how is it redundant to say it's false? Mr Wordy

	CalifJim  +  857779 Wed, 12 Aug 09 12:06 AM Who said it was redundant to say a rumor is false? CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,399 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Grammar Geek  +  857780 Wed, 12 Aug 09 12:06 AM I was asking Mr. Tom if his concern over the naturalness of the line was over the idea of a "false rumor." I agree with you that it's a very natural sounding thing to say.   Grammar Geek

	Mr Wordy  +  857809 Wed, 12 Aug 09 12:29 AM Grammar Geek “I was asking Mr. Tom if his concern over the naturalness of the line was over the idea of a "false rumor." ”     Sorry, I misunderstood what you said. Mr Wordy Apologies