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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Painted a seaside

Can I say,

(a) I painted a seaside sceneries.

(b) I painted a picture of seaside.

(c) I painted a picture of sceneries.
  

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None of your suggestions is correct. Scenery is a collective noun and thus can't be used in the plural. Seaside needs an article: I painted a picture of the seaside.

  • None of your suggestions is correct.
  • Scenery is a collective noun and thus can't be used in the plural.
  • Seaside needs an article: I painted a picture of the seaside.
  • CB
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None of your suggestions is correct. Scenery is a collective noun and thus can't be used in the plural. Seaside needs an article: I painted a picture of the seaside.

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Two common words in the subject matter of art are landscape and seascape.

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