A alpacinou Key Member Joined Sep 30, 2019 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Persian Home Country Iran Current Location Iran Aug 17, 2021 #1 Is there a name for this part of a car's interior? I want to describe this car for someone who has never seen it. Around the car's interior, there is beautiful piano black .....streaked with slender white stripes. I want a word to fill in the blank.
Is there a name for this part of a car's interior? I want to describe this car for someone who has never seen it. Around the car's interior, there is beautiful piano black .....streaked with slender white stripes. I want a word to fill in the blank.
Skrej VIP Member Joined May 11, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Aug 17, 2021 #2 Trim, maybe.
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Aug 17, 2021 #3 Maybe lower, passenger-side dashboard in American English. It's very likely different in British English.
Maybe lower, passenger-side dashboard in American English. It's very likely different in British English.
A alpacinou Key Member Thread starter Joined Sep 30, 2019 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Persian Home Country Iran Current Location Iran Aug 17, 2021 #4 Skrej said: Trim, maybe. Click to expand... Is this okay? Around the car's interior, there is beautiful piano black trim streaked with slender white stripes.
Skrej said: Trim, maybe. Click to expand... Is this okay? Around the car's interior, there is beautiful piano black trim streaked with slender white stripes.
probus Moderator Staff member Joined Jan 7, 2011 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Canada Current Location Canada Aug 17, 2021 #5 More than just okay. It sounds perfectly natural. Last edited by a moderator: Aug 18, 2021
T tedmc VIP Member Joined Apr 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Chinese Home Country Malaysia Current Location Malaysia Aug 18, 2021 #6 Wouldn't "streaked with stripes" be tautologous?
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Aug 21, 2021 #7 alpacinoutd said: Is this okay? Around the car's interior, there is beautiful piano-black trim streaked with slender white stripes. Click to expand... Sorry I missed this before. You need to hyphenate when you make an adjective from a sequence of nouns. Native speakers often miss this too. Last edited: Aug 21, 2021
alpacinoutd said: Is this okay? Around the car's interior, there is beautiful piano-black trim streaked with slender white stripes. Click to expand... Sorry I missed this before. You need to hyphenate when you make an adjective from a sequence of nouns. Native speakers often miss this too.
T Tdol No Longer With Us (RIP) Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Aug 22, 2021 #8 GoesStation said: Maybe lower, passenger-side dashboard in American English. It's very likely different in British English. Click to expand... We say dashboard in BrE. Dashboard trim works for me.
GoesStation said: Maybe lower, passenger-side dashboard in American English. It's very likely different in British English. Click to expand... We say dashboard in BrE. Dashboard trim works for me.