Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Is this sentence correct?
Not only did the mansion house decorated cars but 1000 people lived there.
Top answer
It's not correct. Not only did the M ansion H ouse decorated cars but 1000 people lived there. How can a house decorate cars?
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It's not correct.
Not only did the Mansion House decorated cars but 1000 people lived there.
How can a house decorate cars? Houses are inanimate objects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansion_House,_London
Not only did the Mansion House decorated cars but 1000 people lived there.
How can a house decorate cars? Houses are inanimate objects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansion_House,_London
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Sorry, "house" is used as a verb there.
"decorated" is a past participle modifying "cars".
"decorated" is a past participle modifying "cars".
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Anonymous Sorry, "house" is used as a verb there."decorated" is a past participle modifying "cars".Until I saw your explanation I interpreted it as AlpheccaStars did. It would work better when spoken, as the sense in which house is used would be apparent.
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