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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

It was educational and wonderful

Can I say,

The tourists enjoyed the trip because it was educational and wonderful / and ( had ) a wonderful day.
  

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The tourists enjoyed the trip because it was educational and wonderful. -- grammatically OK, but saying you enjoyed something because it was "wonderful" is odd. Saying something was "wonderful" is essentially the same as saying you enjoyed it (very much), so the sense of "cause and effect" that you expect from "because" doesn't really work.

— Mr Wordy

  • The tourists enjoyed the trip because it was educational and wonderful.
  • -- grammatically OK, but saying you enjoyed something because it was "wonderful" is odd.
  • Saying something was "wonderful" is essentially the same as saying you enjoyed it (very much), so the sense of "cause and effect" that you expect from "because" doesn't really work.
  • The tourists enjoyed the trip and had a wonderful day.
  • It's fine to use a slash ("/") to show alternatives between single words and very short phrases.
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The tourists enjoyed the trip because it was educational and wonderful. -- grammatically OK, but saying you enjoyed something because it was "wonderful" is odd. Saying something was "wonderful" is essentially the same as saying you enjoyed it (very much), so the sense of "cause and effect" that you expect from "because" doesn't really work.

The tourists enjoyed the trip and had
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Hi Vincent,

One more comment.

I keep advising you to try to avoid repeating words. Can you see any words that are repeated in your sentence?

The tourists enjoyed the trip
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Thanks. I noticed my mistakes. Thanks your advice!

Can I say,

(a) They enjoyed the trip of educational / education.

(b) They enjoyed the trip that was educational.
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They enjoyed the educational trip.
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