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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

You can find less complicated constructions that parallel their order.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day 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.

[–] joshthewaster@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

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