[General] has a wiry built

[Silverobama]

Hi.

I have a friend, he’s strong, tall and thin. Is it natural to describe him as:

He has a wiry built.

 

[emsr2d2]

No. "Built" is not a noun. You need a very similar word at the end, but it has to be a noun.

 

[Rover_KE]

I have a friend who's strong, tall and thin. Is it natural to describe him like this:

He has a wiry built.

Note my corrections.

 

[Yankee]

Note my corrections.

And one more?

 

[GoesStation]

I have a friend, he’s strong, tall and thin.

I've highlighted a comma splice.

 

[Tarheel]

I've highlighted a comma splice.

We're working on that.

 

[Tarheel]

He has a wiry built.

That's very close.

 

[Silverobama]

No. "Built" is not a noun. You need a very similar word at the end, but it has to be a noun.

Do you mean this is good?

He has a wiry build.

 

[tedmc]

As an adjective, I think this is possible:

He is wiry-built.

The second sentence is a question.

 

[GoesStation]

As an adjective, I think this is possible:

He is wiry-built.

That uses the adjective wiry as an adverb. You could say wirily built (with no hyphen), but it's not something a native speaker would be terribly likely to say.

 

[Tarheel]

Ted, you could say:

He's strong but slim.