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EnglishNoGood Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Bad grammar can be very embarrassing at times
Wow, this website is popular. I have posted a question in this forum yesterday and now I couldn't find it. It must have been relegated elsewhere. Phew...
Anyway, as usual I need someone out there who is kind enough to proof-read my short thesis statement. I've taken hours to compose it but at times, we get caried out and make some silly grammar mistakes which can be very embarrasing. Appreciate your help. Here it goes:
"Kisho Kurokawa (b.1934) was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He is known not only for his architecture but also for his thought and writings. An advocate of the philosophy of Symbiosis, Kisho Kurokawa is the architect of one of the world’s most well designed airports – Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The architecture of the airport is an abstract-symbolic of a symbiotic relationship between nature (Forest) and architecture (Airport)."
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Anyway, as usual I need someone out there who is kind enough to proof-read my short thesis statement. I've taken hours to compose it but at times, we get caried out and make some silly grammar mistakes which can be very embarrasing. Appreciate your help. Here it goes:
"Kisho Kurokawa (b.1934) was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He is known not only for his architecture but also for his thought and writings. An advocate of the philosophy of Symbiosis, Kisho Kurokawa is the architect of one of the world’s most well designed airports – Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The architecture of the airport is an abstract-symbolic of a symbiotic relationship between nature (Forest) and architecture (Airport)."
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Looks pretty good to me, NoGood. Here it is with some minor changes: Kisho Kurokawa was born in 1934 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He is known not only for his architectural designs but also for his thought and writings.
- Looks pretty good to me, NoGood.
- Here it is with some minor changes: Kisho Kurokawa was born in 1934 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
- He is known not only for his architectural designs but also for his thought and writings.
- An advocate of the philosophy of symbiosis, Kisho Kurokawa is the architect of one of the world’s best-designed airports – Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
- The design of the airport is an abstract symbol of the symbiotic relationship between nature (forest) and architecture (airport).
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Looks pretty good to me, NoGood. Here it is with some minor changes:
Kisho Kurokawa was born in 1934 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He is known not only for his architectural designs but also for his thought and writings. An advocate of the philosophy of symbiosis, Kisho Kurokawa is the architect of one of the world’s best-designed airports – Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Th
Kisho Kurokawa was born in 1934 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He is known not only for his architectural designs but also for his thought and writings. An advocate of the philosophy of symbiosis, Kisho Kurokawa is the architect of one of the world’s best-designed airports – Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Th
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Hi MM,
Thank you for your reply. It took me awhile to find my posting. :-). By the way, I have a question here, which one is correct; well-known or well known? Though I have seen some authors used the latter. Please enlighten me.
Lastly, could you help me to comment on the following passage:
Lord Norman Foster (b.1935), an internationally renown UK architect, has designe
Thank you for your reply. It took me awhile to find my posting. :-). By the way, I have a question here, which one is correct; well-known or well known? Though I have seen some authors used the latter. Please enlighten me.
Lastly, could you help me to comment on the following passage:
Lord Norman Foster (b.1935), an internationally renown UK architect, has designe
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Hello, NoGood.
Well-known is used in the attributive position (before the noun)-- the well-known writer, Yukio Mishima-- while well known is used predicatively-- Mishima is also well known as a political activist.
What kind of comment would you like on the Lord Foster passage? I find it interesting. Hyphenate high-profile, comma after B
Well-known is used in the attributive position (before the noun)-- the well-known writer, Yukio Mishima-- while well known is used predicatively-- Mishima is also well known as a political activist.
What kind of comment would you like on the Lord Foster passage? I find it interesting. Hyphenate high-profile, comma after B
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Hi I'm back. It has been a very tiring and busy week. I have just completed these two short passages. I would appreciate if you could proofread them. Thank you.
Passage 1:
The Sydney Opera, one of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century is an image of great beauty known throughout the world. Its construction began in 1957 and was only opened to public 16 years later.
Passage 1:
The Sydney Opera, one of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century is an image of great beauty known throughout the world. Its construction began in 1957 and was only opened to public 16 years later.
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Passage 1:
The Sydney Opera, one of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century, is an image of great beauty known throughout the world. Its construction began in 1957 and it was only opened to the public 16 years later. While the building is internationally acclaimed, it was embroiled in controversy, including the resignation of its Danish
The Sydney Opera, one of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century, is an image of great beauty known throughout the world. Its construction began in 1957 and it was only opened to the public 16 years later. While the building is internationally acclaimed, it was embroiled in controversy, including the resignation of its Danish
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Interesting. When I studied city planning as an under-graduate student in the University of Tokyo, Japan, Mr Kisho Kurokawa taught us as a lecturer. I admired him then. But later I was so disappointed with him when I had to put into English what he wrote in Japanese. At that time I was a graduate student and I got some money by translating documents in European languages into Japanese and those in
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Hello MM,
Greetings from me. Hope you are well. As usual, I am posting this short passage for you to have a look. Appreciate your help.
Passage:
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, designed by the American architect, Frank Gehry (b.1929) is an architectural landmark of distinctive character, and home to a host of modern and contemporary arts. Wrapped in titanium claddings,
Greetings from me. Hope you are well. As usual, I am posting this short passage for you to have a look. Appreciate your help.
Passage:
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, designed by the American architect, Frank Gehry (b.1929) is an architectural landmark of distinctive character, and home to a host of modern and contemporary arts. Wrapped in titanium claddings,
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The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, designed by the American architect, Frank Gehry (b.1929), is an architectural landmark of distinctive character and home to a host of modern and contemporary works of art . Wrapped in titanium cladding(s) [I would not expect cladding to be countable, but perhaps it is in architectural parlance-- would you check that, please?], this
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Hi MM,
Thank you for your relentless help and your prompt reply.
Thank you for your relentless help and your prompt reply.
Mister MicawberWrapped in titanium cladding(s) [I would not expect cladding to be countable, but perhaps it is in architectural parlance-- would you check that, please?]When referring to cladding, we tend to consider it as countable as claddings come in pieces of various si
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Hmm...what say you?Well, I did a bit more research, NG, and since these are some of the definitions:
Cladding--
A protective covering that protects the outside of a building.
A metal coating bonded onto another metal under high pressure and temperature.
A protective or insulating layer fixed to the outside of a building or another struc
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