Confused about this grammatical issue!
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Confused about this grammatical issue!
Should it be written as "beautiful" because it is tagged with "creative" ?
1. In my opinion, the meaning of the sentence will change by doing so.
2. "beauty" and "concept" go together as two different reasons why the individual likes the illustration.
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I think it should be written as "beautiful". Being beautiful and being beautifully creative are two different things. The first is about the beauty of the illustration and the second is about the beauty of the creativity of the illustration.Renu G wrote: ↑25 Aug 2019, 02:50 "I liked the illustration because of its beauty and creative concept in the field of fine arts."
Should it be written as "beautiful" because it is tagged with "creative" ?
1. In my opinion, the meaning of the sentence will change by doing so.
2. "beauty" and "concept" go together as two different reasons why the individual likes the illustration.
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If you fill in all the words (just as a test) you would get "I liked the illustration because of its beauty and because of its creative concept." See?
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Please could you clarify further? Your first sentence seems to contradict the second.Mallory Whitaker wrote: ↑25 Aug 2019, 14:20I think it should be written as "beautiful". Being beautiful and being beautifully creative are two different things. The first is about the beauty of the illustration and the second is about the beauty of the creativity of the illustration.Renu G wrote: ↑25 Aug 2019, 02:50 "I liked the illustration because of its beauty and creative concept in the field of fine arts."
Should it be written as "beautiful" because it is tagged with "creative" ?
1. In my opinion, the meaning of the sentence will change by doing so.
2. "beauty" and "concept" go together as two different reasons why the individual likes the illustration.
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Ugh. I'm sorry about that! I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that. I absolutely meant to say beauty in the first sentence.Renu G wrote: ↑25 Aug 2019, 20:55Please could you clarify further? Your first sentence seems to contradict the second.Mallory Whitaker wrote: ↑25 Aug 2019, 14:20I think it should be written as "beautiful". Being beautiful and being beautifully creative are two different things. The first is about the beauty of the illustration and the second is about the beauty of the creativity of the illustration.Renu G wrote: ↑25 Aug 2019, 02:50 "I liked the illustration because of its beauty and creative concept in the field of fine arts."
Should it be written as "beautiful" because it is tagged with "creative" ?
1. In my opinion, the meaning of the sentence will change by doing so.
2. "beauty" and "concept" go together as two different reasons why the individual likes the illustration.
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Take my thoughts with a grain of salt (I'm far from an expert where grammar is concerned), but this looks like it could be a different issue completely.Renu G wrote: ↑25 Aug 2019, 02:50 "I liked the illustration because of its beauty and creative concept in the field of fine arts."
Should it be written as "beautiful" because it is tagged with "creative" ?
1. In my opinion, the meaning of the sentence will change by doing so.
2. "beauty" and "concept" go together as two different reasons why the individual likes the illustration.
If the features are being listed (its "beauty" and its "creative concept"), perhaps it would read better with a comma and another possessive?
"I liked the illustration because of its beauty, and its creative concept in the field of fine arts."
If you change it to beautiful, it would then seem to apply to the concept instead of the work as a whole, which is what this sentence seems to be going for.
Sorry if this isn't very clear.

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The possessive pronoun is optional, but the comma would be grammatically incorrect because 'and' is not joining two independent clauses.Gravy wrote: ↑26 Aug 2019, 03:27Take my thoughts with a grain of salt (I'm far from an expert where grammar is concerned), but this looks like it could be a different issue completely.Renu G wrote: ↑25 Aug 2019, 02:50 "I liked the illustration because of its beauty and creative concept in the field of fine arts."
Should it be written as "beautiful" because it is tagged with "creative" ?
1. In my opinion, the meaning of the sentence will change by doing so.
2. "beauty" and "concept" go together as two different reasons why the individual likes the illustration.
If the features are being listed (its "beauty" and its "creative concept"), perhaps it would read better with a comma and another possessive?
"I liked the illustration because of its beauty, and its creative concept in the field of fine arts."
If you change it to beautiful, it would then seem to apply to the concept instead of the work as a whole, which is what this sentence seems to be going for.
Sorry if this isn't very clear.![]()
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