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Does this sound natural? (to clean the room) Coming into her room is always hit-or-miss. Today, it's spotlessly clean with nothing out of place and it looks like a bomb has hit tomorrow. You never know what to expect from her.

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Does this sound natural? (to clean the room)

Going into her room to check on its tidiness is always hit-or-miss. Today, it's spotlessly clean with nothing out of place, but tomorrow it may look like a bomb has hit. You never know what to expect from her!

Hi Dmitry. I just addressed Jorgen's comments to adapt Leon's earlier correction as that was also my initial thought upon reading your original post--what is hit or miss? Not her room, but the condition of it. Also, using "Coming" at the beginning, while not incorrect grammatically, does not convey the same meaning as "Going," thus, my change. Putting a comma after "tomorrow" is optional. Ditto with the exclamation mark (but I, personally, think the paragraph reads better...). I hope that this helps you. J.


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Does this sound natural? (to clean the room)

Coming into her room is always hit-or-miss. Today, it's spotlessly clean with nothing out of place but tomorrow it may look like a bomb has hit. You never know what to expect from her.


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I didn't know what the word hit-or-miss meant, so I had to look it up. The idiom 'hit-or-miss' means 'without concern for correctness or detail; haphazardly.' So I'm not sure what the first sentence means, because the phrase, 'coming into her room,' is the act of going into her room and does not convey the quality of the room itself. I suggest you rewrite the first sentence and try to use the simplest words. You could simply write, 'coming into her room, I never know what to expect.'

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