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Message from passenger75 posted on 27-07-2015 at 18:45:01 (D | E | F)
Hello everyone,
Does the sentence below seem awkward in a conversation? (in British E, if there's any difference)
It's an honour to be speaking with you.
Maybe I should have used to speak after honour, but I used the gerund in order to show continuity.
How does a native Briton imply that he is happy that he is speaking with the interlocutor when being rather formal?
Thank you for your answers in advance.
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Edited by lucile83 on 27-07-2015 20:15
Message from passenger75 posted on 27-07-2015 at 18:45:01 (D | E | F)
Hello everyone,
Does the sentence below seem awkward in a conversation? (in British E, if there's any difference)
It's an honour to be speaking with you.
Maybe I should have used to speak after honour, but I used the gerund in order to show continuity.
How does a native Briton imply that he is happy that he is speaking with the interlocutor when being rather formal?
Thank you for your answers in advance.
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Edited by lucile83 on 27-07-2015 20:15
Re: Conversation/help from razzor, posted on 27-07-2015 at 20:26:40 (D | E)
Hello,
Your sentence is correct! The use of continuity (be + present participle) implies that they are currently speaking to one another.
You would not say, for example,
See you!
Re: Conversation/help from sangita13, posted on 28-07-2015 at 08:53:06 (D | E)
Hello!
I would say " It's an honour speaking to you" sounds more correct.
No need to repeat the infinitive'to be'. Also "speaking to you is always an honour" is another way of saying .
Thank you.
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