Are All Natural?
She sometimes STRIKES ME as being rather arrogant.
She sometimes COMES OFF as being rather arrogant.
She sometimes COMES ACROSS as being rather arrogant.

Are there any other words that STRIKE you as rude in emails?
Are there any other words that COME OFF as rude in emails?
Are there any other words that COME ACROSS as rude in emails?

Question

Are All Natural?
She sometimes STRIKES ME as being rather arrogant.
She sometimes COMES OFF as being rather arrogant.
She sometimes COMES ACROSS as being rather arrogant.

Are there any other words that STRIKE you as rude in emails?
Are there any other words that COME OFF as rude in emails?
Are there any other words that COME ACROSS as rude in emails?

Answer

Hello Sean,

Yes your sentences are all natural and correct. For me as a speaker of British English I would be most likely to use 'comes across' in these sentences. However, the others also make perfect sense.

Christine

Answer

Yes, they're all valid sentences; come off is more US English, and its meaning is closer to "to seem" (to appear a certain way); "come across" means to appear a certain way, to seem a certain way to someone (it implies more clearly an opinion leveraged by someone to someone/something else).

You question, however, requires a subject of some kind: "Are [these sentences/they/these] all natural?" "Are these all natural sentences?"

Answer

It's stupid

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