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Keith075
Are the following sentences correct?
Tell me you reasons if possible. Thanks in advance.
1) The valuable stringed instruments in this display, all more than 300 years old, we're carefully crafted by artisans famous in their day but long since forgotten.
( I think artisans are modified by famous, so it's inappropriate to put an adjective behind a noun.)
2) There is probably no story more dramatic than baseball's great hitter and right fielder, Hank Aaron.
3)As he eagerly awaited the interview for the job, Miguel thought it wise suppressing his nervousness and to display a calm he did not feel.
( Would it be better if I changed wise to was?)
4)A review of the composer's new symphony called it confusing because of its unusual structure while having a melodious final movement that made it elegant.Sorry, the first is actually like this:
The valuable stringed instruments in this display, all more than 300 years old, WERE carefully crafted by artisans famous in their day but long since forgotten.
I hate auto correction.
Aug 10, 2012 3:13 AM
Answers · 12
1. OK as corrected.
2. Correct.
3. As he eagerly awaited the interview for the job, Miguel thought it wise to suppress his nervousness and display a calm he did not feel.
4. While having a melodious final movement that made it elegant, the composer's new symphony was called confusing in a review because of its unusual structure.
August 10, 2012
the sentence number 1 is correct but..display?you meant , picture, photo, image or exhibition?
The valuable stringed instruments in this display(exhibition or picture?), all more than 300 years old, were carefully crafted by artisans famous in their day but long since forgotten.
for me the sentence number 2 is..
There's probably no story more dramatic than the of baseball great hitter and right fielder, Hank Aaron.
for me the sentence number 3 is
As he eagerly awaited the interview for the job,Miguel thought it wise(good idea or prudent or intelligent) suppressing his nervousness and to display a calm he did not feel.
for me the sentence number 4 is
A review of the composer's new symphony (was) called it confusing because of its unusual structure while having a melodious final movement that made it elegant.
August 25, 2012
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