Hello ...

Can I get some help with this?

> Coastal GasLink is to construct and operate an approximately 670-km provincially approved and regulated natural gas pipeline.

This sounds a bit weird with the "an approximately" ...

anyway to not have it sound that way?

@AIQ because of the article?

@AIQ what do you mean?

@EddieKal I feel the whole "an approximately" part is not fitting there in the sentence. It is something someone will be reading out loud like for a presentation

Nothing wrong with it in writing but if you read this out aloud it sounds too wordy

We say "I went for a 5 km run" and never "I went for an approximately 5 km run"

@AIQ "A mere 20 dollars"

ignore the accuracy of apps ... :P

I want to stress that it is not exactly 670 km, but I also don't feel like using "an approximately"

"a 5km run" here the head of the NP is run, so the indefinite article comes naturally

"a mere 20 dollars" "a mere 40 years" are more counterintuitive

I agree this could be better worded.

@AIQ Coastal GasLink is to construct and operate a provincially approved and regulated natural gas pipeline that will be approximately 670-km long.

It might be better to just break it into two less complex sentences though.

@ColleenV This sounds much better ...

Thanks!