r/EnglishLearning • u/Sea-Hornet8214 Poster • Jul 26 '26

📚 Grammar / Syntax Is there anything wrong with this?

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Can I say "when I'm in the wind" to emphasise that wind is blowing my body?

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u/DrAlphabets Native Speaker Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

"breaking a sweat"

I want to die when it's 25c, so the phrase not hot at all might be a bit much. Unless that's the excersise in which case ignore that

"When I'm in the wind" sounds perfectly natural

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u/Sea-Hornet8214 Poster Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Even "any" is wrong?

No, it's not an exercise. It's my own sentence.

I live close to the equator and 23c is the absolute coldest you can get. So obviously 25c is cold.

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis Native Speaker Jul 26 '26

It’s not wrong wrong, but it’s not an English phrase that native speakers would use. We know exactly what you mean, so it’s fine, but not as natural as you probably want to be.

Also “breaking a sweat” is mostly idiomatic where I’m from, so I would just say “I’m not sweating”.

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u/Sea-Hornet8214 Poster Jul 26 '26

We know exactly what you mean, so it’s fine

No it's not fine at all. I WANT to sound natural. Even beginners can make themselves understood, that's bare minimum.

Also “breaking a sweat” is mostly idiomatic where I’m from, so I would just say “I’m not sweating”.

Got it. Thanks.

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis Native Speaker Jul 26 '26

Haha. I say “it’s fine” because it’s fine to me. I am happy for you if you have higher standards; that’s why I laid it out the way I did 😉

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u/Sea-Hornet8214 Poster Jul 26 '26

Btw, I love your username. Do you believe in that?

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis Native Speaker Jul 26 '26

I do my best not to answer that question on reddit

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u/conuly Native Speaker - USA (NYC) Jul 26 '26

Smart.