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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

at the side of the beautiful xxx River.

English answer:

alongside/on the banks of the River XXXX

Added to glossary by Deborah do Carmo
Mar 18, 2005 05:50
19 yrs ago
English term

at the side of the beautiful xxx River.

English Marketing Law: Contract(s)
This is a civil residence project locate at the side of the beautiful xxx River. xxx Architectural Design Co., Ltd. is willing and has the capability to participate in this project, and on the basis of equality and mutual benefit agreeed with the other party as follows.

May "by the river" be better?

TIA!
Responses
5 +6 hosing project located alongside/on the banks of the xxx River
5 +2 on the banks of the beautiful xxx river
5 +1 on the banks of the river
3 on the banks of....

Discussion

Elizabeth Lyons Mar 19, 2005:
Yes, it can and should be called "banks"; this is an old English language convention. If you changed the word order to riverbank, it would be singular. I would also do some wordsmithing on the rest of the paragraph to polish it :)
Non-ProZ.com Mar 19, 2005:
Thank you all! But it sounds a little strange that why all the "bank" posted in answers below is in a plural form. The project certaily is only located on one side of the river. Can it be just "one bank"?

Responses

+6
4 mins
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hosing project located alongside/on the banks of the xxx River

River is with a capital letter - it forms part of the proper noun

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-03-18 05:54:37 GMT)
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HOUSING project

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-03-18 05:55:30 GMT)
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and not civil residence project - housing project would be a better option
Peer comment(s):
agree Balaban Cerit
13 mins
thanks
agree John Bowden : "On te banks:, and you're right about the capital letter - in BE it's always "the River XXX", but is probably different in US English
3 hrs
thanks
agree juvera : Definitely housing project, not civil residence project. + :-)
3 hrs
thanks - hope you're feeling a bit better
agree Dina Abdo : I also agree with correcting to "housing"
10 hrs
tks!
agree Can Altinbay : Yes on both counts.
14 hrs
thanks!
agree Will Matter
3 days 18 hrs
tks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you all for help and thank you Elizabeth for the comment for the plural or singular form of the "bank". I am so sorry that I cannot split the points."
4 mins

on the banks of....

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+1
6 mins

on the banks of the river

In a legal agreement I think you are right to leave out beautiful. " on the banks" is the general Eng. term for the sides of a river.
Peer comment(s):
agree John Bowden : yes, and in BE it's always "the River XXX", not "the XXX River" (and River with a capital R!)
3 hrs
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+2
9 mins

on the banks of the beautiful xxx river

On the banks of the river is more common and flows better, (no pun intended).
Peer comment(s):
agree Robert Donahue (X)
9 hrs
Thanks! :)LL
agree Shane London : Yes. I think this works best.
1 day 9 hrs
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