M mimi2 Senior Member vietnam vietnamese Hi, Can I say: I couldn’t get access to the English forum this morning. It is inaccessible for me to get to the English forum this morning. I couldn’t access the English forum this morning. Thanks.
Hi, Can I say: I couldn’t get access to the English forum this morning. It is inaccessible for me to get to the English forum this morning. I couldn’t access the English forum this morning. Thanks.
👁 nzfauna nzfauna Senior Member Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand, English 1 and 3 are correct. 2 is wrong, and could be reworded as "the English forum was inaccessible this morning".
1 and 3 are correct. 2 is wrong, and could be reworded as "the English forum was inaccessible this morning".
👁 bibliolept bibliolept Senior Member Northern California AE, Español The first and third sentences are correct and idiomatic. To make the second one correct, you could write: "The English forum was inaccessible this morning." Note that this one still sounds less natural.
The first and third sentences are correct and idiomatic. To make the second one correct, you could write: "The English forum was inaccessible this morning." Note that this one still sounds less natural.
👁 nzfauna nzfauna Senior Member Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand, English N.B. I don't think "the English forum was inaccessible this morning" sounds unnatural at all.
L Lexiphile Senior Member Germany England English Nor do I, Fauna. It sounds to me like a perfectly natural description of an existing condition, with no excess "baggage" about who discovered the problem.
Nor do I, Fauna. It sounds to me like a perfectly natural description of an existing condition, with no excess "baggage" about who discovered the problem.
👁 jamesjiao jamesjiao Senior Member New Zealand English and Mandarin Chinese nzfauna said: N.B. I don't think "the English forum was inaccessible this morning" sounds unnatural at all. Nor do I. I guess it sounds less personal compared to 1 and 3. It can be personalized like this: The English forum was inaccessible to me this morning.
nzfauna said: N.B. I don't think "the English forum was inaccessible this morning" sounds unnatural at all. Nor do I. I guess it sounds less personal compared to 1 and 3. It can be personalized like this: The English forum was inaccessible to me this morning.
