Writing training 1
Targeting words or expressions: TO SAUNTER and COME AROUND
Despite jet-fighters and UFOs battle unfolding in the sky she was sauntering around the park and surely but slowly came across her previous decision of buying a house in that area.
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Writing training 1
Targeting words or expressions: TO SAUNTER and COME AROUND
Despite a battle between jet-fighters and UFOs battle unfolding in the sky, she was sauntering around the park and surely but slowly slowly but surely came across her previous decision of buying a house in that area.
I'm not sure what exactly you mean but came across doesn't quite work here. Came across would describe her finding something by surprise - for example she came across a lake that she didn't know was there.
Perhaps she "came to question" - she didn't know if her decision was a good idea or not.
Or maybe "came around to" - she decided her decision was a good one and she liked the area.
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come around means you accept an idea or decide.
"go around" also means saunter. I use American English, I know "saunter" but I rarely, if ever, use it.
"come across" means to discover
Did you intend to use come around, not come across? If so, the meaning should reflect a conventional reason for choosing where to buy a house, right? We don't have the full context, and it is confusing.
Despite jet-fighters and UFOs battling in the sky, she was strolling around in the park... (This makes sense. Well, they are contrary ideas, it is not a good idea to saunter in a park when there is an air battle nearby. It is written well.)
Slowly but surely, she changed her mind about buying a house in that area. (She decides it is unsafe to live in this area.)
OR Slowly but surely, she came around to a decision to buy a house in that area. ??? Why would you move to an unsafe area, unless it was all she could afford to buy? You may offer an explanation of why, because this seems unusual.
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