Is this phrase gramatically correct?

Question

I"m learning English and I"d like to know if this phrase is gramatically correct: "Christmas has been deprived of its traditional sense"

Answer 1

Very good sentence, totally understandable. The revised sentences above change the meaning of what you wrote fairly significantly. I do not know the thought you truly intended to convey, but as I read that sentence, the word "deprived" seems to be a key word, important to the thought, and neither revision carries that thought.

Be especially careful NOT to use "it's emphasis." That is a glaring grammatical error. ADD: As is "it's traditional meaning." That is the same glaring error.

Also, since there have been two comments on this: "Sense" is a perfectly good word, fitting the sense of the sentence. The first dictionary definition for "sense" is:

Sense: a meaning conveyed or intended

Answer 2

It's grammatically correct, but it's not really a good way to phrase what you're trying to say. A better way might be:

"For many people, Christmas no longer holds the same sense of tradition it once did."

Answer 3

Gramatically, yes, except for the fact that it is not a complete sentance. It's traditional sense of what? I think what you meant to say is, Christmas has been deprived of it's traditional meaning.

Answer 4

It's grammatically correct, but not particularly good English. To keep Christmas as the subject, something like

Christmas has changed it's emphasis from a religious to secular holiday.

Answer 5

Sounds all right to me! Perhaps 'meaning' instead of 'sense'?

Answer 6

i might put meaning in the place of sense, bu otherwise, well done!

Answer 7

It's good for me.

Answer 8

Yes, well done.