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Does this sound natural to you?

ImaginaryGlove7629
Can't you stop yourself from being so inconsiderate?

17 comments

o-reg-ano•
Yes
jesuisjusteungarcon•
Yes that sounds fine
survivaltier•
We need context to really say for sure. But this could sound natural, just very aggressive.
FreeBroccoli•
Yes, but in my opinion it would be better as, "Can you **not** stop yourself from being so inconsiderate?" I think it's better because both sentences have multiple negations that take a moment to untangle, and using "can you not" feels like it's more obvious what is being negated. That might just be me. I'd be curious to know if anyone else agrees with me on this one.
bits168•
Sounds okay, but "Can you stop being so inconsiderate?" is a much simpler way to say this.
Ok-Baseball1029•
It's a bit wordy, you don't need "yourself from". "Can't you stop being so inconsiderate" is better.
sufyan_alt•
Yes
Consistent-One6268•
Yes
supermansales•
"Can't you stop yourself from being so inconsiderate?" is grammatically correct, but it feels overly structured for conversational English. A more natural alternative would be "Why must you be so inconsiderate?" for a similar tone, or "You are so inconsiderate," which is more direct and commonly used in everyday speech.
According-Theory-293•
It sounds like someone is complaining about how they hate being inconsiderate and you’re asking them why they simply can’t stop.
flipmode_squad•
Can't / stop / inconsiderate. Too many negative words in my opinion. "Please be more considerate" or "Why are you being so inconsiderate" would be clearer choices.
Elegant_Eggplant_747•
This sounds natural between people in a CLOSE relationship, parent and child, or siblings.  To a stranger this sentence could seem condescending or aggressive. In Real life one would probably not say this. But for literature, as banter, it works. In the US you could start a fight with it.
Background-Pay-3164•
The hypocrisy…
Background-Pay-3164•
That sounds really rude though, and is an inconsiderate statement in itself. Try to think from the opposite party’s perspective as well.
knowinhear•
"I'd appreciate it if you'd be more considerate." Ask for what you want, not for what you don't want.
Paigedax•
More or less, I will say however that it is somewhat redundant. There is no need to say “you stop yourself”. If I were to say this sentence I would say “can’t you stop being so inconsiderate”. “Can’t you stop yourself”, to me, would indicate that thing that you are asking them to stop doing is harder for them to control. “Can’t you stop yourself from talking to her”, or something along those lines. I think that’s why a lot of people in the comments say that the sentence feels somewhat aggressive. That said, with a language, context is super important. If I heard this in conversation I wouldn’t think twice about it, sounds natural, just slightly emphasized. Edit: typed the same word twice on accident :(
Felix_Fi•
It is grammatically correct, but it does not sound natural. English does use reflexives as often as other languages do, meaning we’d say “Can you stop being so inconsiderate?” The reflexive nature of stopping oneself from being something is——in this and other instances like it——made clear even without the use of a reflexive pronoun.