I want to say one of the letters of the brand name at the entrance of a store has fallen off

[alpacinou]

I want to say one of the letters of the brand name at the entrance of a store has fallen off. Is this correct and natural?



Jerry crossed a bridge over a meandering stream and made his way to the clothes store "NEXT". Above the entrance door, the letter "X" had fallen off, courtesy of fierce Liverpool winds. The store name read "NET" now, which reminded him of a store he used to work at in his youth in California.

 

[Tarheel]

One of the letters of the sign fell off.

I want to say one of the letters of the brand name at the entrance of a store has fallen off. Is this correct and natural?

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Jerry crossed a bridge over a meandering stream and made his way to the clothes store "NEXT". Above the entrance door, the letter "X" had fallen off, courtesy of fierce Liverpool winds. The sign read "NET" now, which reminded him of a store he used to work at in his youth in California.

One of the letters of the sign came off.

I would say "said" but "read" is okay.

The "fierce Liverpool winds" is a nice touch.

 

[emsr2d2]

In case Tarheel's use of "fell off" and "came off" has confused you at all, I want to reassure you that your use of "had fallen off" in the main text was correct.

 

[Tarheel]

The repetition was unintentional. (I started one way and then changed my mind. (I didn't even know how to post something that way before.))

@alpacinou is way too smart for me to confuse him.

 

[alpacinou]

It's all good. No confusion.

 

[Tdol]

The sign was missing the X.