" Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a classical Chinese short story ". What was wrong with that?

Should I change it to "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of classical Chinese short stories"

Answer 1

There were some problems with the grammar and meaning of this sentence.

From a grammar point of view,"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" is a nominal phrase. It should be formed into a nominal phrase first, and then "a" should be added as a qualifier to form a complete sentence. For example," Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a great classical Chinese novel."

From a semantical point of view, the "one" in "Liao Zhai Zhi Yi" should be interpreted as "one of them" instead of "all of them" because "Liao Zhai Zhi Yi" is a collective term, and "one" refers to a certain part of it. For example,"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is an important work in the history of Chinese literature."

Therefore, the correct expression should be: " Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of short stories in classical Chinese ", in which " Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio " is a nominal phrase. It should first form a nominal and then add " collection " as a qualifier to form a complete sentence.