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Contiluo Posted 11 years ago
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municipal school

Please help me correct the title of a newly-opened building. Thanks!

Here is a newly-opened swimming pool at my school, Yangmei Junior High School, Taoyuan City.
Is the title “Taoyuan Municipal Yangmei Junior High School Educational Swimming Pool” correct and natural?
  

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It sounds a little long. Can you think of removing a word or two? What about Educational ?

  • It sounds a little long.
  • Can you think of removing a word or two?
  • What about Educational ?
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It sounds a little long. Can you think of removing a word or two?
What about Educational?
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Which is better, #1 or #2?

1. Taoyuan Municipal Yangmei Junior High School Teaching Swimming Pool

2. Taoyuan Municipal Yangmei Junior High School Swimming Pool
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Taoyuan Municipal Yangmei Junior High School Swimming Pool

Is it a natural expression?
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When a particular place deserves to be named after something we cannot think much about the naturalness, I think.

When it comes to giving title, it is always better if it is short. All the same some times you can't help giving long titles, just as it here.

For example if the the name of the institution is Mahatma Gandhi National Model Junior High School, the swimming pool

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