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Oliver Cromm scherzkeks1...@hotmail.com
I read the same in a journal ad, but I can present you with an online source as well: "Planting and caring for trees can be a great family and community building activity." <http://www.lhills.sailorsite.net/Documents/Newsletters/NewslettJune02.
htm> The conjunction of adjectives sounds clumsy to me, but what do the native speakers think?
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Harvey Van Sickle harvey.n...@ntlworld.com
On Wed, 07 May 2003 20:57:28 GMT, Oliver Cromm wrote
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I agree that they're clumsy, but they don't strike me as outlandish.
That said, I'd have been a lot happier seeing it with hyphens: "...a great family- and community-building activity".
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Oliver Cromm scherzkeks1...@hotmail.com
Well, that was my first sentiment, but is planting trees a "family-building activity"? I suspect it is a great "family activity", or "community-building activity". Family-building activities, to me, would be marrying and having children. Or am I getting something wrong?
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Oliver Cromm asks about: Harvey Van Sickle suggests: Oliver comments: Mine too.
I think activities that tend to strengthen the ties within a family could reasonably be called "family-building", so Harvey's version is all right. If Oliver's interpretation matches the original writer's intent, then it might have been better written as "can be a great, community-building family activity."
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Harvey Van Sickle harvey.n...@ntlworld.com
On Thu, 08 May 2003 05:49:23 GMT, Oliver Cromm wrote
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I hadn't thought of that -- your second interpretation is probably right. In that case, though, I'd say the sentence really does want re-
casting -- something like "...a great family activity which builds community spirit".
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Ross Howard ggu...@yadonkeyhoo.com
On Wed, 07 May 2003 20:57:28 GMT, Oliver Cromm "... a great family- and community-building activity" is currently in vogue.
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Oliver Cromm scherzkeks1...@hotmail.com
Oops, that differs again from my interpretation. I read "It is a great thing to do with your family, but also with your neighbors to build community spirit".
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How deadful! No safe sex there, what?
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