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How would you suggest a sentence to someone?
Student: I wrote this sentence: XYZ. Is my sentence natural?
a) Teacher: It's OK but this would be the normal way of expressing it: ABC.
b) Teacher: It's OK but this will be the normal way of expressing it: ABC.
c) Teacher: It's OK but this is the normal way of expressing it: ABC.
Are they all correct?
a) Teacher: It's OK but this would be the normal way of expressing it: ABC.
This is fine, although it might be clearer to say: It's OK, but the normal way of expressing it would be: ABC.
b) Teacher: It's OK but this will be the normal way of expressing it: ABC.
This sounds wrong.
c) Teacher: It's OK but this is the normal way of expressing it: ABC.
This is fine, although it might be clearer to say: It's OK, but the normal way of expressing it is: ABC.
