The Definition of A Word
Nov 02nd 2011 19:41
correction-please
I've tried writing the definitions of some words.
I'd appreciate if you'd correct them!
Thank you very much.
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(1) An address is used for specifying a location where a person want to get his letter reached.
(2) An album is a book which has blank pages for the preservation of photographs.
(3) A floor is a surface in buildings on which people stand.
(4) Tea is made from dried leaves of plants used for beverage.
(5) A towel is a piece of absorbent cloth and used for wiping things.
I'd appreciate if you'd correct them!
Thank you very much.
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(1) An address is used for specifying a location where a person want to get his letter reached.
(2) An album is a book which has blank pages for the preservation of photographs.
(3) A floor is a surface in buildings on which people stand.
(4) Tea is made from dried leaves of plants used for beverage.
(5) A towel is a piece of absorbent cloth and used for wiping things.
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(1) An address is used for specifying a location where a person wants to get his letter to reach. (Better: "An address is used for specifying the destination of a letter." However, that's only one function of an address, not the definition--I would say, "an address is the location where someone lives.")
(4) Tea is made from dried leaves of plants and used to make a beverage.
(5) A towel is a piece of absorbent cloth and used for wiping things.
Ah ... I think that's quite right.
Thank you so much for frequently answering my questions =)
(4) Tea is a beverage made from (the) dried leaves of plants. [This is more clear if you first say that it is a beverage, and then go on to describe what kind of beverage. "Made from the dried leaves of plants" is a dependent clause here (also called a relative clause). This could be made more explicit by writing "Tea is a beverage that is made from the dried leaves of plants", but "that is" is not necessary.]
(5) A towel is a piece of absorbent cloth and used for wiping things. [I agree with Sandi's correction here. I just wanted to add that with the correction, this sentence has the same structure as my corrected version of (4). "Used for wiping things" is a dependent clause describing "a piece of absorbent cloth" further.]
Now you mention that, I've realized the strangeness of (4) ...
Your sense of the Japanese language is amazing!
I wasn't aware of that difference you referred to.
I wish. My understanding is still extremely limited. This is a difference which some beginning Japanese learners find very difficult, though, so I have explained more times than I can remember that modifying nouns is much more logical in Japanese than in English: [名詞]の[名詞], [ナ形容詞]な[名詞], [形容詞][名詞] or [動詞][名詞]. In English, instead, one has adjectives before the noun, some past tenses and participles of verbs used as if they were adjectives (tired, confusing) and placed before the noun, and relative clauses (restrictive and nonrestrictive) after the noun, sometimes introduced by that/which/who/etc., sometimes not. Anyone in their right mind would prefer the Japanese way of doing this. :-)
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