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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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How can I write the sentence?

Hi. Hope you can help me. How can I write the sentence? Are any of the two suggestions OK?

My boss' enormous office is decorated with a lot of African antiques. He's originally from Nigeria.

My boss' enormous office contains a lot of African antiques. He's originally from Nigeria.

  

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1. I would use "many" instead of "a lot of"; just my personal preference. 2.

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  • I would use "many" instead of "a lot of"; just my personal preference.
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  • "Decorate" describes the appropriate implementation of antiques in an office in the context you describe, whereas "contain" is far less specific and could, for example, accurately describe storage of the antiques in a box in the corner of the office.
  • The antiques decorate the office; they are not merely contained in it.
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1. I would use "many" instead of "a lot of"; just my personal preference.

2. "Decorate" describes the appropriate implementation of antiques in an office in the context you describe, whereas "contain" is far less specific and could, for example, accurately describe storage of the antiques in a box in the corner of the office. The antiques decorate the office; they are not merely containe

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