Sunday, September 6, 2015

Does the sentence sound "I am an introvert with a bit pessimistic views of things" natural?




I am an introvert with a bit pessimistic views of things.



As pointed out by @Tᴚoɯɐuo in this thread, the part "with a bit pessimistic views of things" doesn't look idiomatic.


I am an introvert, right. But I am not a pessimist to the extent of seeing only bad parts of a situation/thing. That's why I used 'a bit'.


I ponder over the negatives of an issue before moving to its positive sides. That's why I introduced a subordinate clause (not sure how the part ', with...' is called) instead of directly saying



I am an introvert and pessimist.



It seems too direct and inaccurate, isn't it?



I was wondering how we could improve it.
Thank you a lot.



Answer



"with a bit pessimistic view of things" is not idiomatic.


To make it idiomatic, you might use:



  • with a rather pessimistic view of things

  • with a somewhat pessimistic view of things


Or you could leave out the adverbs rather and somewhat or even use others: very, slightly, openly, etc., to qualify your pessimistic view.



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