Does this sound natural?
I saw this sentence "People breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide." though, would it sound still natural if I replace 'breathe in' with 'inhale' and 'breathe out' with 'exhale' here?
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If by "natural' you mean common and prevalent and the kind of thing *most* people would say (that's usually what I assume folks mean when they say "natural', but I guess I should confirm that) then breathe in/out are probably 10,000 or 100,000 times more natural than in/exhale. That's an estimate. :)
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Either sounds good to me!
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Yes. Those are good words and the correct words for 'breathe in' and 'breathe out'.
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I agree with Steve. Generally, phrasal verbs are more common. The inhale/exhale version in this case is the more formal option
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