Search from various English teachers...
Russia flagHedgehog
Is the sentence below correct? How to make it sound more naturally? She'd like to have a boyfriend ,who was good at physics or at least had good diction, so that he could read aloud from the books on science for her before going to bed

Answers · 3

1
You have mixed your tenses here, so do you want it to be in the past or the present tense? If you want it to be in the present it should read... She'd like to have a boyfriend who is good at physics, or who at least has good diction, so that he could read aloud to her from science books before going to bed. Past tense...She would have liked to have had a boyfriend who was good at physics, or who at least had good diction, so that he could have read aloud to her from science books before she went to bed.
0
I agree with Jan except I don't think you need "aloud." If you're reading a book to someone, it's implied that it's out loud.
0
It's pretty close. One tiny thing, put a space after commas, not before them. And I'd change the order of some words just to help with clarity. She'd like to have a boyfriend who was good at physics, or at least had good diction, so that he could read aloud to her from science books before they went to bed

Still haven’t found your answers?

Write down your questions and let the native speakers help you!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!

Start Learning Today