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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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An African-looking man

The picture showed an African-looking man and his son.


Is 'an African-looking man' correct? Would it be an odd way to describe a man?

  

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anonymous Is 'an African-looking man' correct? It is formed in the regular way in standard English. anonymous Would it be an odd way to describe a man?

  • anonymous Is 'an African-looking man' correct?
  • It is formed in the regular way in standard English.
  • anonymous Would it be an odd way to describe a man?
  • It would be meaningless.
  • Does he look like a Tuareg, a Zulu, a Boer, an Arab, a pygmy, or a Sudanese?
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anonymousIs 'an African-looking man' correct?

It is formed in the regular way in standard English.

anonymousWould it be an odd way to describe a man?

It would be meaningless. Does he look like a Tuareg, a Zulu, a Boer, an Arab, a pygmy, or a Sudanese?

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anonymousWould it be an odd way to describe a man?

It certainly seems odd to me, so I'd have to answer "yes" to your question.

CJ

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