May 11, 2006 14:04
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declare .... of cultural and touristic to
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Today, the park was declared (to be) a place of cultural and tourist(ic) interest to New York.
I find many examples on the Web that use "declare" in the following way:
...the park was declared of cultural interest to Buenos Aires
that is, without a noun following "declare". I think that this is not correct grammar. On the other hand, we should say "declared ... of interest TO" a city and not "OF a city". Well, I need some help. All you can say will be useful to me. Many thanks in advance.
I find many examples on the Web that use "declare" in the following way:
...the park was declared of cultural interest to Buenos Aires
that is, without a noun following "declare". I think that this is not correct grammar. On the other hand, we should say "declared ... of interest TO" a city and not "OF a city". Well, I need some help. All you can say will be useful to me. Many thanks in advance.
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| 3 -1 | to be of cultural |
jccantrell
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jccantrell
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to be of cultural
I would say "to be" is missing, at the very least. Of course, I am in the USA, so what do I know?
Here, we declare a building to be a landmark, so it is with the noun most commonly.
With the 'of' vs. 'to': If the site is IN the city, you could probably get away with 'of' even with the term 'of cultural interest'
Again, what you must keep in mind, the language is a living thing, it grows, shrinks and changes. This may be just another way it is changing.
So, as my wife often says, I have been no help at all. :)
Here, we declare a building to be a landmark, so it is with the noun most commonly.
With the 'of' vs. 'to': If the site is IN the city, you could probably get away with 'of' even with the term 'of cultural interest'
Again, what you must keep in mind, the language is a living thing, it grows, shrinks and changes. This may be just another way it is changing.
So, as my wife often says, I have been no help at all. :)
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| disagree |
Alexander Demyanov
: A site/building is much more often "declared/designated something" than "declared/designated to be something".
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I never said this was the ONLY way or the most popular way, just that it would be acceptable.
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Comment: "many thanks"
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