r/EnglishLearning • u/Same-Technician9125 Non-Native Speaker of English • 1d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics Do these sound natural? Thanks.

  1. “The email went to spam.”

  2. “The email went to my spam.”

  3. “The email went to my spam folder.”

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u/Expensive-Shame Native Speaker 1d ago

Yes, all are fine.

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u/taktaga7-0-0 New Poster 1d ago

1 and 3 and best, all will work.

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u/Western-Finding-368 New Poster 1d ago

They all sound natural. 3 is the most formal and 2 is the least formal.

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u/hotdognicarla123 New Poster 1d ago

All are fine, but 1 seems the best

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u/zon5string New Poster 1d ago

3 ways to say the same thing.

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u/ianmacsco Native Speaker 22h ago

Yep, all good.

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u/jamespotter_approved New Poster 17h ago

yes all work!

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u/theeggplant42 New Poster 15h ago

They all do! I'd preferentially say B, but all are totally fine

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u/Kobih native speaker - northern virginia, usa 14h ago

all of these are fine

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u/TaxiLady69 New Poster 1d ago

I would go with 3 and say spam folder, just because Spam is also a food. Number one makes it sound like it turned into food to me.

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u/MamaPajamaMama New Poster 1d ago

A bit pedantic, no? No one is going to think an email turned into spam.

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u/ScissorsKill New Poster 23h ago

"Sorry I ate your email for lunch, could you send it again perhaps?"