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*The last hook: ... that the [[United States Army Air Corps|U.S. Army Air Corps]] were so unimpressed by the '''[[Estoppey D-series|Estoppey {{nowrap|D-8}}]]''' that one member stated that he would rather use "nails and a wire"?{{pb}}In American English, that would be "was" instead of were. But the hook also anthropomorphizes the Corps. I'd recommend something like ... that some members of the [[United States Army Air Corps|U.S. Army Air Corps]] were so unimpressed by the '''[[Estoppey D-series|Estoppey {{nowrap|D-8}}]]''' that one stated [... etc.] '''[[User:Mandarax|<span style="color:DarkGreen">M<small>AN</small>d<small>ARAX</small></span>]] • [[User talk:Mandarax#top|<span style="color:Blue"><small>XAЯA</small>b<small>ИA</small>M</span>]]''' 23:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC) |
*The last hook: ... that the [[United States Army Air Corps|U.S. Army Air Corps]] were so unimpressed by the '''[[Estoppey D-series|Estoppey {{nowrap|D-8}}]]''' that one member stated that he would rather use "nails and a wire"?{{pb}}In American English, that would be "was" instead of were. But the hook also anthropomorphizes the Corps. I'd recommend something like ... that some members of the [[United States Army Air Corps|U.S. Army Air Corps]] were so unimpressed by the '''[[Estoppey D-series|Estoppey {{nowrap|D-8}}]]''' that one stated [... etc.] '''[[User:Mandarax|<span style="color:DarkGreen">M<small>AN</small>d<small>ARAX</small></span>]] • [[User talk:Mandarax#top|<span style="color:Blue"><small>XAЯA</small>b<small>ИA</small>M</span>]]''' 23:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC) |
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*:{{done}} '''[[User:Schwede66|<span style="color: #000000;">Schwede</span>]][[User talk:Schwede66|<span style="color: #FF4500;">66</span>]]''' 02:23, 22 May 2024 (UTC) |
*:{{done}} '''[[User:Schwede66|<span style="color: #000000;">Schwede</span>]][[User talk:Schwede66|<span style="color: #FF4500;">66</span>]]''' 02:23, 22 May 2024 (UTC) |
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*::The second "member" is still there. Rather than just remove it, it would be better refined as: ... that <s>some members</s> {{green|one member}} of the [[United States Army Air Corps|U.S. Army Air Corps]] <s>were</s> {{green|was}} so unimpressed by the '''[[Estoppey D-series|Estoppey {{nowrap|D-8}}]]''' that <s>one member</s> {{green|he}} stated [... etc.] '''[[User:Mandarax|<span style="color:DarkGreen">M<small>AN</small>d<small>ARAX</small></span>]] • [[User talk:Mandarax#top|<span style="color:Blue"><small>XAЯA</small>b<small>ИA</small>M</span>]]''' 16:15, 22 May 2024 (UTC) |
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- The last hook: ... that the U.S. Army Air Corps were so unimpressed by the Estoppey D-8 that one member stated that he would rather use "nails and a wire"?In American English, that would be "was" instead of were. But the hook also anthropomorphizes the Corps. I'd recommend something like ... that some members of the U.S. Army Air Corps were so unimpressed by the Estoppey D-8 that one stated [... etc.] MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
Done Schwede66 02:23, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
- The second "member" is still there. Rather than just remove it, it would be better refined as: ... that
some membersone member of the U.S. Army Air Corpswerewas so unimpressed by the Estoppey D-8 thatone memberhe stated [... etc.] MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 16:15, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
- The second "member" is still there. Rather than just remove it, it would be better refined as: ... that
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That Belgian castle - should change "The Tudor-style castle..." (unreffed in the article) to "The Renaissance Revival castle..." There is nothing Tudor at all about the style, which relates to more local Renaissance architecture. Johnbod (talk) 01:22, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
Fixed Now whilst I'm not an expert on architectural styles at all, this indeed does not look like Tudor to me. Schwede66 02:26, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
In the POTD text, in the sentences now written
Commissioned by the de Viron family, which settled in Dilbeek in 1775, the castle was built in 1863 by Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar. The Renaissance Revival castle was built on the ruins of a 14th-century fortification that was destroyed in 1862.
there are verbs that describe actions which were complete before the castle was built. Thus, those verbs ought to be written in the past perfect tense. The two sentences might also be combined. As
Commissioned by the de Viron family—which had settled in Dilbeek in 1775—the Renaissance Revival castle was built in 1863 by Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar, on the ruins of a 14th-century fortification that had been destroyed the previous year.
Em dashes suit the information regarding the family's history, as it amplifies the context of the micro-narrative. My brief explanation omits details about the grammatical basis for the verb tense change, but I've no more time. —catsmoke talk 03:22, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
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