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From: "G. Acharya" <ganeshjacharya@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: is this sentence correct?
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:53:39 -0700 (PDT)
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> <ganeshjacha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >is this sentence correct?
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> It's a complete sentence with the understanding that a verb "is" has
> been suppressed before "available."
>
> >"Mr X designed Tool Box, available online at zxxyyss.com"
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> Yes, with "Mr X designed" being a compound adjective modifying the
>
> "Mr X designed tool box" is equivalent to "Tool box designed by Mr X."
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> The intent would be clearer with the compound adjective hyphenated:
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> | Mr-X-designed Tool Box, available online at zxxyyss.com
> --
> "How dreary, to be...Somebody! How public, like a frog, to
> tell one's name, the live-long June, to an admiring bog!"
> <Emily Dickinson>
thanks for the detailed feedback....
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