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Alexis PAUTROT Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
About an english construction
Hi, my name is Alexis.
I'm a french video game developer, and I'm using a description for my new puzzle game for which I have doubt about the correctness.
My description is : "The Colored Path, a new drawing by sliding puzzle game".
I'd like to say that it is a sliding game (you slide your finger onto the screen), but also a drawing game (you draw a pattern), but I'm not sure that the "drawing BY sliding" is a correct expression.
Could you enlighten me please ?
Thank you for your help.
I'm a french video game developer, and I'm using a description for my new puzzle game for which I have doubt about the correctness.
My description is : "The Colored Path, a new drawing by sliding puzzle game".
I'd like to say that it is a sliding game (you slide your finger onto the screen), but also a drawing game (you draw a pattern), but I'm not sure that the "drawing BY sliding" is a correct expression.
Could you enlighten me please ?
Thank you for your help.
Top answer
drawing by sliding means that sliding is the method by which you draw. Your meaning will be clearer if you put the phrase in italics. Clive
- drawing by sliding means that sliding is the method by which you draw.
- Your meaning will be clearer if you put the phrase in italics.
- Clive
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drawing by sliding means that sliding is the method by which you draw.
Your meaning will be clearer if you put the phrase in italics.
Clive
Your meaning will be clearer if you put the phrase in italics.
Clive
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Thank you. This is exactly the meaning I want. It is drawing using sliding method.
Could you please explain me why putting it in italic makes is clearer ? Does that make the expression more, say, isolated from the sentence ?
Thank you for your time.
Could you please explain me why putting it in italic makes is clearer ? Does that make the expression more, say, isolated from the sentence ?
Thank you for your time.
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This is exactly the meaning I want. It is drawing using sliding method.
Could you please explain me why putting it in italic makes is clearer ? Does that make the expression more, say, isolated from the sentence ? Exactly.
If you don't isolate the phrase in some way, the reader has to take the time to decide if you
Could you please explain me why putting it in italic makes is clearer ? Does that make the expression more, say, isolated from the sentence ? Exactly.
If you don't isolate the phrase in some way, the reader has to take the time to decide if you
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Oh it is very clear now. I fully understand.
Just for information, would it be as efficient to make use of comma like this "The Colored Path, a new drawing, by sliding, puzzle game" ? or maybe better "a new drawing—by sliding—puzzle game" ?
Thank you for your help.
Just for information, would it be as efficient to make use of comma like this "The Colored Path, a new drawing, by sliding, puzzle game" ? or maybe better "a new drawing—by sliding—puzzle game" ?
Thank you for your help.
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Alexis PAUTROT would it be as efficient to make use of comma like this "The Colored Path, a new drawing, by sliding, puzzle game" ? or maybe better "a new drawing—by sliding—puzzle game" ?No, those are both very poor. Follow Clive's advice.
You could hyphenate it (which you might have been trying unsuccessfully to do in your last post):
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I have learn a lot of different subtleties here, thanks to both of you.
I will use the drawing-by-sliding, looks perfect to me.
Thank you.
I will use the drawing-by-sliding, looks perfect to me.
Thank you.
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