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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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beautifully sculptured formations

Visitors look in amazement at the beauty in immense, underground chambers like the 25-story-high Big Room, which is one-third of a mile wide and nearly 4,000 feet long. Hanging stalactites, which vary from thin needles to huge chandeliers, fill the caverns, along with many beautifully sculptured formations.

Hi,

How should I interpret the part in bold? Thanks.
  

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Shocking as it may seem, I think this is just bad English. It should be "sculpted formations," meaning that "nature" has created "sculptures" out of the rock. And I assume they are talking here about what I seem to recall are called stalagmites, that is, the ones that stick up from the floor, rather than hang down from the roof.

— Delmobile

  • Shocking as it may seem, I think this is just bad English.
  • It should be "sculpted formations," meaning that "nature" has created "sculptures" out of the rock.
  • And I assume they are talking here about what I seem to recall are called stalagmites, that is, the ones that stick up from the floor, rather than hang down from the roof.
  • Shudder.
  • I hate even reading about caves.
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Shocking as it may seem, I think this is just bad English. Emotion: surprise It should be "sculpted formations," meaning that "nature" has created
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Thanks, Delmobile.

I think you're right about that.
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