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Question

I just want to ask if this sentences have a good grammar or not?

1.The floor and the ceilings are covered in dust, making the place look abandoned.

2.There is no other human presence inside.

Answer 1

I would have said "the floor and the ceiling" or "the floors and the ceilings" so that way the compound subject is in agreement with respect to number.

The second sentence I would leave unchanged.

Both sentences are much better-written than your question and the explanatory sentence below it.

Answer 2

1. not very good grammar. a) there is probably only 1 ceiling, so 'ceilings' which is in the plural form is wrong. b) When describing something, it is usually described in the past tense. Usually, something is described after being seen. c) Also, the comma seems a little misplaced. (although this is not wrong but seems unnecessary.)
A proper rephrase form would be:
i) The floor and ceiling covered in dust made the place look abandoned. (in one sentence)
ii) The floor and the ceiling were covered in dust. This made the place look abandoned. (better to spilt into two sentences
iii) The floor and the ceiling are covered in dust, causing the place to look abandoned.
(making is not really suitable for the sentence)
Still, if you just changed the 'ceilings' to 'ceiling' and the 'are' to 'were', the sentence would become grammatically correct.

The 'in' and 'with' can both be used but there is a slightly different connotation. 'Covered in dust' refers to dusty to a larger degree compared to 'covered with dust'.
Compare: He was covered with blood. He was covered in blood. Which sounds more bloody to you? ('bloody' here refers to its definition as blood-stained)

2. Usually when you are talking about human presence, you use the past tense. This sentence is grammatically not wrong, but it does sound a little awkward.
There was no other human presence inside.
Rephrased: The interior was devoid of human presence.
An easier way of writing would be: There was no one inside.

Answer 3

The first sentence has a couple problems with plurality.
Try " The floors and ceilings are covered in dust, making the place look abandoned." or " The floor and ceiling are covered in dust, making the place look abandoned."
The second sentence is grammatically correct but awkward.
" There are no other humans inside." or " There is no one else inside." would have a more pleasing flow or sound.

Answer 4

I just want to ask if this sentences have a good grammar or not?
(I just want to ask if these sentences contain correct grammar.)

1.The floor and the ceilings are covered in dust, making the place look abandoned.
(The floors and ceilings are covered with dust, making the place look abandoned.) "in dust" sounds like they are immersed. "floor" singular, "ceilings" plural

2.There is no other human presence inside.
(There are no humans present inside) "other" indicates that there are some.

Not an expert in anything!

Answer 5

1.The floor and the ceilings are covered in dust, making the place look abandoned.

2.There is no other human BEING inside

Answer 6

The grammar is alright, but the meaning is confusing.

1. It's hard to imagine a building with only one floor and multiple ceilings, I'm guessing some kind of Basilica? Plus I wouldn't say "place", I'd say building or something more specific.

2. Sounds like a sci-fi novel. Instead of inside, I would say in the building, in the house, or in the spaceship.

However, there is nothing wrong with the grammar. Noam Chomsky became famous as a linguist by writing sentences that were grammatically correct but made no sense.

Oh yeah, and rather than this sentences, it's these sentences (or this sentence if you're refering to only one sentence). That's your grammar mistake, use this for singular, these for plural.

Answer 7

nope.

The floor and the ceiling are covered with dust, making them look abandoned.

or rephrase it:

The floor and the ceiling look abandoned because they are covered with dust.

2. There is no human presence inside. or just simply say, Nobody is inside.

Answer 8

Is no one else bothered by the presence of dust on the ceiling? Cobwebs, maybe, but dust??