Use of "of"
I have a problem with the use of "of". When do I have to put it in the middle of the words? Some days ago, I wrote "Cauca river geographic valley" as the translation of "valle geográfico del río Cauca". My boss corrected me, but I did not understand why I had to put "of".
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I am no Spanish speaker but "del" ("de") and "of" are clearly related, aren't they?
It just seems obvious to me that "de" of French and Spanish is "of" of English.
So if you translate it word for word, it is naturally "geographic valley of the Cauca river".
I am not sure why you didn't use "of" and created a long cascade of unstructured words.
Also a river name usually takes the definite article "the", and in this case "del" also implies that, so it seems obvious to use "the".
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I think "del " sometimes means "of the"
Therefore :
"Valley Geography of the Cauca River"
is correct.
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