Not only is his penthouse being refurbished, but he's also having a sky deck from which to look down on the city installed too.
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Not only is his penthouse being refurbished, but he's also having a sky deck from which to look down on the city installed too.
Is it grammatically correct?
Especially I have doubts about two parts:
- from which to look down - can we use the infinitive form here? Alternatively, can we say from which you can look down?
- is having [something] installed - this construction itself is of course correct, but I am wondering whether it is correct or at least elegant to put something = "a sky deck from which to look down on the city", which is so long.
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"also ... too" is redundant. Otherwise, I would say that the sentence is acceptable without being the greatest sentence ever written.
- "also ...
- too" is redundant.
- Otherwise, I would say that the sentence is acceptable without being the greatest sentence ever written.
- Reegis Alternatively, can we say from which you can look down?
- Possibly, but "you"may suggest that people in general will be able to do this, which wouldn't be the case for a private apartment.
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"also ... too" is redundant. Otherwise, I would say that the sentence is acceptable without being the greatest sentence ever written.
ReegisAlternatively, can we say from which you can look down?
Possibly, but "you"may suggest that people in general will be able to do this, which wouldn't be the case for a private apartment.
Reegi
0ReegisNot only is his penthouse being refurbished, but he's also having a sky deck from which to look down on the city installed too.
Your sentence is correct, but I stumbled when I got to 'the city installed' (underlined above). My brain didn't bridge the gap very well between 'having' and 'installed'.
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