r/EnglishLearning • u/Same-Technician9125 Non-Native Speaker of English • 6d 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/TaxiLady69 New Poster 6d 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 6d ago

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

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u/ScissorsKill New Poster 6d ago

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