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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is it grammatically sound?

The damages are not visible in the photograph of damaged part of the item.
  

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I would keep damage in the singular; your second option doesn't sound quite natural to me.

  • I would keep damage in the singular; your second option doesn't sound quite natural to me.
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I would keep damage in the singular; your second option doesn't sound quite natural to me.
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The damage is not visible in the photograph of the damaged part of the item.

This implies that the damage exists but, for some reason, the photograph doesn't show it. If the tone is questioning whether there actually is any damage, it would be better to say something like "... the part of the item that is supposedly/reportedly damaged" ("supposedly" is more sce

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