IS the sentence correct?
The oldest Chinese building ---the original Great Wall (2200 years old) was a mud wall, not even a mud brick wall. The Great Wall you see today was built after the Mongol Invasion.
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The Wall is not a building. The dash is unnecessary and therefore wrong. You need commas in the larger numbers.
- The Wall is not a building.
- The dash is unnecessary and therefore wrong.
- You need commas in the larger numbers.
- The parentheses are distracting.
- One idea: "The oldest extant Chinese construction, the 2,200-year-old Great Wall was originally built of mud, and not even mud brick.
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The Wall is not a building. The dash is unnecessary and therefore wrong. You need commas in the larger numbers. The parentheses are distracting. One idea:
"The oldest extant Chinese construction, the 2,200-year-old Great Wall was originally built of mud, and not even mud brick. The Great Wall you see today was built after the Mongol Invasion."
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