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is this sentence correct?
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G. Acharya
2009-03-20 11:05:37 UTC
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is this sentence correct?

"Mr X designed Tool Box, available online at zxxyyss.com"
Egbert White
2009-03-20 12:35:51 UTC
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On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:05:37 -0700 (PDT), "G. Acharya"
Post by G. Acharya
is this sentence correct?
It's a complete sentence with the understanding that a verb "is" has
been suppressed before "available."
Post by G. Acharya
"Mr X designed Tool Box, available online at zxxyyss.com"
Yes, with "Mr X designed" being a compound adjective modifying the
substantive "Tool Box."

"Mr X designed tool box" is equivalent to "Tool box designed by Mr X."

The intent would be clearer with the compound adjective hyphenated:

| Mr-X-designed Tool Box, available online at zxxyyss.com
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"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>
G. Acharya
2009-03-20 12:53:39 UTC
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 On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:05:37 -0700 (PDT), "G. Acharya"
Post by G. Acharya
is this sentence correct?
It's a complete sentence with the understanding that a verb "is" has
been suppressed before "available."
Post by G. Acharya
"Mr X designed Tool Box, available online at zxxyyss.com"
Yes, with "Mr X designed" being a compound adjective modifying the
substantive "Tool Box."  
"Mr X designed tool box" is equivalent to "Tool box designed by Mr X."
| 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....
Einde O'Callaghan
2009-03-20 13:08:43 UTC
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Post by G. Acharya
is this sentence correct?
"Mr X designed Tool Box, available online at zxxyyss.com"
Egbert White has interpreted the word designed as being an adjective. On
my first reading I saw a complete sentence, but a different one from
that seen Egbert.

For me Mr. X is the subject of the verb "designed" which is in the
simple past tense and the thing he designed was "Tool Box", which is
"available online at ..."

If however you meant to write the sentence seen by Egbert I would say
that it isn't complete or grammatical (more an entry on a list) - indeed
it would sound very Germanic and un-English to me.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
Egbert White
2009-03-20 14:04:06 UTC
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On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:08:43 +0100, Einde O'Callaghan
Post by Einde O'Callaghan
Post by G. Acharya
is this sentence correct?
"Mr X designed Tool Box, available online at zxxyyss.com"
Egbert White has interpreted the word designed as being an adjective. On
my first reading I saw a complete sentence, but a different one from
that seen Egbert.
For me Mr. X is the subject of the verb "designed" which is in the
simple past tense and the thing he designed was "Tool Box", which is
"available online at ..."
If however you meant to write the sentence seen by Egbert I would say
that it isn't complete or grammatical (more an entry on a list) - indeed
it would sound very Germanic and un-English to me.
I agree. My analysis would be valid only if the comma were not there.
Post by Einde O'Callaghan
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
--
"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>
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