Chihiro
Does the following sentence sound natural?
"I’m not comfortable with changing our product without clear reasons".
I want to create some practical sentences starting from "I'm not comfortable with..."
2022年4月20日 09:18
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Does the following sentence sound natural?
"I’m not comfortable with (the idea of) changing our product without clear reasons for that change".
I want to create some practical sentences starting from "I'm not comfortable with..."
I'll give you some "I'm not comfortable with..." sentences that seem natural to me.
"I'm not comfortable with the direction our division is headed."
"I'm not comfortable with this situation.
"I'm not comfortable with so many people standing behind me while I work.
I think if I follow "I'm not comfortable..." with an -ing verb, I would usually not use "with".
"I'm not comfortable working here any more."
"I'm not comfortable eating in that restaurant since the server was so rude last time."
"I'm not comfortable working this many hours every week."
For me, I might drop the "with" in your sentence, and I would follow "clear reasons" with something like what I put above, or something like "...clear reasons to do so." To me it sounds a little more complete that way. Personally, I wouldn't say "I'm not comfortable about changing..." That doesn't sound natural to me, but perhaps it's a regional variation.
2022年4月22日
Does the following sentence sound natural? "I’m not comfortable about changing
our product without clear reasons". I want to create some practical sentences
starting from "I'm not comfortable with..."
Your sentence doesn't sound natural to me...
It should read: "I'm not comfortable ABOUT changing a product without clear reasons."
You could say:
I'm not comfortable 'with' the new product.
So:
I'm not comfortable 'with' the direction the company is taking.
I'm not comfortable with the new CEO.
But:
I'm not comfortable 'about' firing so many employees.
I'm not comfortable 'about' developing so many new products at the same.
time.
It's better to use with+a thing (a noun)
It's better to use about+an action (a verb)
I cannot promise that this is always the case; and I can't guarantee that it is a fixed 'rule', but it seems to me that this is the general usage of these two words, in this structure. 🙂
2022年4月20日
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