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[Junkomama]

"You may say you are too busy to do a volunteer job, but you are wrong." (You can find time if you try to.)

If I change "you are wrong" to "the idea is a mistake", does it sound strange?

Thank you in advance.
Junkomama

[CP]

No, because it would be interpreted to mean that the idea of volunteering is a mistake.

You can say, "but you are mistaken" instead of "but you are wrong."
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[Junkomama]

Thank you so much for your reply, CP-san!!

Regards,
Junkomama