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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence correct?

Not only did the mansion house decorated cars but 1000 people lived there.
  

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It's not correct. Not only did the M ansion H ouse decorated cars but 1000 people lived there. How can a house decorate cars?

— AlpheccaStars

  • It's not correct.
  • Not only did the M ansion H ouse decorated cars but 1000 people lived there.
  • How can a house decorate cars?
  • Houses are inanimate objects.
  • org/wiki/Mansion_House,_London
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It's not correct.

Not only did the Mansion House decorated cars but 1000 people lived there.

How can a house decorate cars? Houses are inanimate objects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansion_House,_London
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Sorry, "house" is used as a verb there.
"decorated" is a past participle modifying "cars".
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It's OK in that case.

Mansion House is common name, and "house" is uncommon as a verb.
Cars are only "decorated" for special occasions, like parades.
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Anonymous Sorry, "house" is used as a verb there."decorated" is a past participle modifying "cars".
Until I saw your explanation I interpreted it as AlpheccaStars did. It would work better when spoken, as the sense in which house is used would be apparent.
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Thanks for your replies!
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