Nikon SLR Cameras

Is this a gramatically correct statement? - 1

Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith

"I'm not in possession of the lens you mentioned, but it looks like it is compatible with the Nikon D3100 camera."

Texperson
Texperson

Better would be: "I don't personally own the lens you mentioned, but it looks as though it would be compatible with the Nikon D3100 camera."

Guest
Guest

Yes!

bluebellbkk
bluebellbkk

The only fault is your use of "like" with a verb. I almost hesitate to point it out because it's so widely used, I'm sure it'll be standard English within a generation: but strictly speaking you should say… "it looks AS IF (or AS THOUGH, as Texan said) it is compatible"…

In other words, you can say, "It looks like a (noun)" but you shouldn't say "it looks like it (verb)".

Nothing wrong with "I'm not in possession of the lens… "
I believe the situation is a shop owner talking about what he has in stock, rather than what he personally owns. But in either case, your phrasing is perfectly OK.

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