[General] an elegant season

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Ashiuhto

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Please check out the following sentences. Which is acceptable?

(1) Spring is not only elegant but also an amazing weather.
(2) Spring is an elegant, amazing season.
 

new2grammar

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Please check out the following sentences. Which is acceptable?

(1) Spring is not only elegant but also an amazing weather.
(2) Spring is an elegant, amazing season.

My suggestion:

Spring is an elegant & amazing season.

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Raymott

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My suggestion:

Spring is an elegant & amazing season.

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No, '&' shouldn't be used in normal sentences like this. You want "and".
 

Rover_KE

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No definition of elegant that I know of can meaningfully be applied to any season of the year.

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new2grammar

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No, '&' shouldn't be used in normal sentences like this. You want "and".

In India we generally use '&' that is short version of and..I will make sure to not adopt short version henceforth.
 
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