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Places worth visting or being visited?

Hi guys,
sounds like "places worth being visited" is more resonable and comfortable.
I googled and found both.
Any ideas?
Kong
  

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[nq:1]Hi guys, sounds like "places worth being visited" is more resonable and comfortable. g. worth a visit.

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  • [nq:1]Hi guys, sounds like "places worth being visited" is more resonable and comfortable.
  • g.
  • worth a visit.
  • All are equally grammatical.
  • These three are equally idiomatic, although the passive voice rings false in some ears.
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[nq:1]Hi guys, sounds like "places worth being visited" is more resonable and comfortable. I googled and found both.[/nq]
You will find other variants e.g. worth a visit.
All are equally grammatical. These three are
equally idiomatic, although the passive voice
rings false in some ears.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]Hi guys, sounds like "places worth being visited" is more resonable and comfortable. I googled and found both. Any ideas?[/nq]
'Places worth visiting' is shorter and better.
Compare to 'things worth doing'.
'Things worth being done' is clunky.

john
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[nq:1]Hi guys, sounds like "places worth being visited" is more resonable and comfortable.[/nq]
Not idiomatic, unless followed by "by".
Adrian
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