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Could you please correct me, here?The Aquatics Centre will have a total capacity to seat 22,500; out of which, 17,500 seats will be put up for the Diving and pool competition and the rest 5,000 will be in the Water Polo section of the Centre.Regards,Vijay

Richard_s · Accepted Answer

The aquatics centre will have a total capacity of 22,500, out of which 17,500 seats will be for the diving and pool competition(,) and the other 5,000 will be in the water polo section of the centre.

Notes:

Capitals - only capitalise the first letter of a sentence of names of things (proper nouns).

to seat - it is unusual to use total and to seat together. They don't collocate. We either say a total capacity of... or a capacity to seat...

Punctuation - the semicolon use is incorrect there. You need a comma. Out of which actually begins a (dependent) relative clause which is the object of a preposition. Use semicolons when you are separating independent clauses.

the rest - the rest means all of the other seats. We don't use it with a number because it means all that is left. We use the other with a number to achieve the same meaning.

will be put up for - this seems wrong here though I am not exactly sure of your meaning. In this case, for seems more logical.

Vijay Marathe · Answer

Many thanks, Richard,

A valuable input indeed.

The Aquatics Centre is in fact the name of a sports venue.

Put up - to erect, build. Would it be OK to use it here, then? However, your suggestion to replace it with 'for' seems more appropriate.

Regards,

Vijay

Richard_s · Answer

Oh I see, sorry I misunderstood.  In that case 'put up' makes sense, as does the capitalisation.

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