(Having been) written by a famous writer, the book sells well.

[sitifan]

1. Being written by a famous writer, the book sells well.
2. Having been written by a famous writer, the book sells well.
3. Written by a famous writer, the book sells well.
AI says #3 is much better than #1 or #2. Do native speakers agree with that?

 

[jutfrank]

Much better than #2? By what criteria did you ask AI to judge that?

Also, why have you posted this in the linguistics section?

 

[sitifan]

Also, why have you posted this in the linguistics section?

I thougt it belonged to syntax.

 

[sitifan]

Much better than #2? By what criteria did you ask AI to judge that?

Which of the sentences below is better to native speakers?
1. Being written by a famous writer, the book sells well.
2. Having been written by a famous writer, the book sells well.
3. Written by a famous writer, the book sells well.
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Sentence 3 is by far the most natural and standard to a native speaker: "Written by a famous writer, the book sells well."

 

[emsr2d2]

The problem with this is you've created three sentences and asked AI to judge which is the most natural of the three. Why didn't you just ask us for a natural way to express it? If you had, I'd have told you that I'd say this:

The/That book sells well because it's by a famous author.

 

[sitifan]

The/That book sells well because it's by a famous author.

Why not use "it was"?
The book sells well because a famous writer wrote it.
The book sells well because it was written by a famous author.

 

[emsr2d2]

We say "it was written by" but "it is by". The actual writing took place in the past so "was written" is correct but the book remains "by" the author so the present tense is appropriate.

 

[sitifan]

We say "it was written by" but "it is by". The actual writing took place in the past so "was written" is correct but the book remains "by" the author so the present tense is appropriate.

Is "is wrtten" also acceptable?
The book sells well because it is written by a famous author.