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Sounds like an ESL writer, 'It is not so bad' is a common phrase I see written by native slavic speakers, it's probably a direct translation of a language idiom
by NikkiA 3y ago
Sounds like an ESL writer, 'It is not so bad' is a common phrase I see written by native slavic speakers, it's probably a direct translation of a language idiom.
- OJFord 3y agoWhy are we talking about it uncontracted, making it sound weird, when the actual quote is 'it's not so bad' which sounds perfectly fluent to me (native BrEng)?
- hombre_fatal 3y agoIt’s definitely a common phrase but it’s really poor writing here.
- OJFord 3y agoI agree, just only really because it's too colloquial/informal/spoken for an article imo, wouldn't be my choice. But not worth calling out, and certainly not for not making sense or seeming like a robot or ESL author wrote it.