Idiomatic and Natural sentences

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Dear teachers,I am new here. I have a question regarding the following two sentences taken from a novel: may I know whether they are idiomatic and natural?1) He notices this cold and aloof attitude that most of the senior policemen have come to acquire over time.2) Years of service have dimmed the illuminated and noble aspiration which they once had in their youth, when they had just joined the Force as new cadets.The above are from a paragraph that describes a scene of a suicide that is attended to by policemen.Thank you very much for your help.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

TiffanyOLStaken from a novel ... idiomatic and natural?

Yes. It is not likely that anything in a published novel which has been examined and approved by competent editors would contain unidiomatic or unnatural sentences that are inappropriate for such a work.

(These particular sentences seem a bit heavy to my ear, but they are grammatical and meaningful.)

TiffanyOLS1) He notices this cold and aloof attitude that most of the senior policemen have come to acquire over time.
2) Years of service have dimmed the illuminated and noble aspiration which they once had in their youth, when they had just joined the Force as new cadets.

If, however, you are asking whether these are good models for use in conversation, then no. Literary style is not the style we use for everyday conversation, so these sentences would be quite out of place in ordinary, day-to-day speech.

CJ

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