Does this sentence sound natural?
We should've complimented aunt on her new coffee sets.
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It depends on whose aunt this is, and to whom the speaker is talking. I would say:
"We should've complimented Kathy on her coffee set!”
...because I am familiar with my aunt and call her by her first name.
if it was not my aunt, say, my boyfriend's, I could say:
"We should've complimented your aunt on her coffee set."
So 1) we need a possessive before the word aunt to know whose aunt it is, and
2) we compliment people *on* something in English.
Otherwise, great -I want to see this coffee set!
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It would be more natural to say, "we should have given our aunt compliments about her new coffee sets".
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