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[missdaredevil]

The hairdressers of this hair saloon are senior vocational students of hair-dressing major.

Is that sentence ok?

[CP]

This is the second time in the last few weeks that a question came up with "saloon" instead of "salon" as part of the questioned passage.

A saloon is a tavern / bar / pub. A salon is a place to have hair and nails taken care of -- at least, that's how the terms are used in the U.S. I suppose a place to get a haircut and a whiskey at the same time could make money, though.

I would rewrite the sentence as: "The hairdressers in this hair salon are senior vocational students who major in hair-dressing."

Or: "This salon's hairdressers are all vocational-school seniors majoring in hair-dressing."
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