Triangular in shape

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Freeguy

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Which of these is correct?

A. Triangular in shape
B. Triangular shape

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They can both be correct depending, as usual, on the context.

This chocolate box is triangular in shape.
I drew a triangular shape on a piece of paper.

Note, however, that it would be more natural to say:

This chocolate box is triangular.
I drew a triangle on a piece of paper.
 

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Areas of fertile soil called deltas, usually triangular in shape are formed by mud deposited at the mouth of a river. ( In this sentence what's wrong with using "triangular shap" instead of "triangular in shape" ? )
 

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Areas of fertile soil called deltas, usually triangular in shape are formed by mud deposited at the mouth of a river. ( In this sentence what's wrong with using "triangular shap" instead of "triangular in shape" ? )

"Areas of fertile soil called deltas, usually triangular shape are formed by mud deposited at the mouth of a river." This is ungrammatical.
 

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"a triangular shape" is a noun phrase.
"triangular in shape" is a modifier.
 
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