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I have the phone app for Italian. I just did this exercise and I wrote the translation above. It gave it to me as correct but indicated there was a typo. Saying it should have been He is not an common architect. That is of course incorrect english, so I came here to see what you have given for a translation, as the report for the phone app, is extremely limited. Just thought you would like to know.
Yes, me too. As the original post was a YEAR AGO, it seems that Duolingo are not that bothered about correcting glaring errors. Not impressed.
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I was coming here to leave this same response! It's still happening as of 7/16/20 on the app.
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nobody reads our comments - after two years you would think this simple answer would have been fixed. I also got 'You have a typo. He is not an common architect.'
10 Feb 2021 still has the grammatical error that hasn't been corrected.
'common' architect sounds disparaging as if he's somehow mediocre. I think 'ordinary' architect is less so and implies he perhaps designs extraordinary buildings - think Frank Gehry.
I wrote normal instead of common, which is more correct? Ordinary should also be accepted.
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Looking at "comune" on wordreference.com, it looks as if it could also be translated as "public" or "municipal", which makes more sense.
Nice idea. However, in both wordreference and Collins, your sense of 'comune' is only given as a noun. 'Public' (adj) only gives 'pubblico', while 'municipal' (adj) gives 'municipale' and 'communale'. So probably not. And it doesn't fit with DL's other accepted options here.
but if you say municipal which would be comune and not communale, shouldn't he is not a municipal architect be correct as well?
To repeat: the Italian adjectives which mean "of a municipality/commune" are municipale and comunale. This sentence says comune. Read WordReference entries closely for each of these words.
'Ordinary' is now accepted. But I didn't try 'He is no ordinary architect', which would be the commonest way we'd express this sentiment in English.
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I did try 'he is no ordinary architect' because it sounded so much better and surprisingly it was accepted
Usual = customary, IT = usuale, solito, consueto, abituale
Not the same concept.
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I myself would have translated as "not an everyday architect" or "not a conventional architect". Did not check whether it would have gone through.
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Ordinary architect = architetto ordinario. I believe "common" relates to things rather than people.
In Britain at least, to call someone 'common' is to insult them. It means they are vulgar. 'Don't be so common' is a typical response to someone swearing.
Posting here 6/12/2020 to say that although my answer was accepted, it is saying that there was a typo of "He is not an common architect", which is not correct English. You do not add an "an" if the word following it begins with a consonant.
Olivia, I agree but sadly he's a little too "gaudi" for many (alright, a little sic). :-)
Why use typical when you see comune and not tipico? Language teaching cannot accept distant synonyms.
"An architect?! In this family?! I don't think so! We didn't raise you to be some mere designer of buildings and other structures!"
"But mom... dad... designing buildings is my passion! You never listen to what I want! The best bridges are built from both sides!"
The hint says, I had a typo: "He is not an common architect. " As I wrote "a common architect".
The article is an architect, that's right. But it rather depends on the word following the article, so "a common architect", "a lousy architect" is correct. As "an expensive" architect is also correct.
suggestion in englisn of 'an' in front of the word 'common' is not correct it is 'a'
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If the "an" typo problem is only mentioned here it will not get fixed. Everyone needs to use the "report" function to submit it for correction.
I agree it is incorrect English to write 'an' common architect, it would be "a".
It is not a 'typo' to put 'a' common - an is only used before vowels, and for some who want to be pretentious, words beginning with H
It is translated as he is not A common architect, as the C in common is a consonant.
By the way, "comune" sounds a bit off, because the audio stresses the wrong syllable. I thought it was worth reporting.
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A better English sentence would be "He is no common architect". But I did not dare to try it!
One taking on this phrase is that a common architect designs buildings/structures. There are also Landscape architects, IT architects and so forth
I see the same error, saying that "an" is correct, when it clearly isn't. But I have another point to make on this translation. What is the intended meaning of the statement "he is not a common architect"? Do they actually mean to say "he is not a conventional architect"? That is, he is a bit different, and perhaps a bit special?
You have a typo. He is not an common architect. Obviously this IS correct, because the well-known architect An (shortened from the more usual "Ann" or "Anne" for artistic effect) Common is sometimes mistaken for a man. She really needs to wear more feminine clothes and forget the Doc Martens.
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Nobody reads it, I think. This mistake is here for two years! They don't want to correct anything.
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It says I have a typo and the correct answer is "He is not an common architect." There's problem with correct suggestion.
A common, not an common is most common in English unless the real meaning of the phrase in Italian translation is really "He is not, just another, common architect."
You are wrong. I am learning Italian, but I know English. It is a common architect, not an common...
