I notice the XYZ form makes some phrases sound like music album titles (“mountaintop scenery love”).
The XYZ form is mainly meant to structure sentences for easy tracking, not just to eliminate the word “of.” “Their love of mountaintop scenery” seems easier to track than “mountaintop scenery love.”
In your XYZ version, “this region’s people” ends the sentence. Since the whole sentence is about them, it seems like it’s easier to track if they’re introduced at the beginning. Maybe:
“This region’s people’s love of mountaintop scenery typically makes them prefer hiking in the mountainous rainforests to walking in the busy streets.”
I don’t love “this region’s people’s” but I’m not sure what to do about that.
Maybe:
“In this region, the people’s love of mountaintop scenery typically makes them prefer hiking in the mountain rainforests to walking in the busy streets.”
I don’t know if there’s a name for the practice.
I notice the XYZ form makes some phrases sound like music album titles (“mountaintop scenery love”).
The XYZ form is mainly meant to structure sentences for easy tracking, not just to eliminate the word “of.” “Their love of mountaintop scenery” seems easier to track than “mountaintop scenery love.”
In your XYZ version, “this region’s people” ends the sentence. Since the whole sentence is about them, it seems like it’s easier to track if they’re introduced at the beginning. Maybe:
“This region’s people’s love of mountaintop scenery typically makes them prefer hiking in the mountainous rainforests to walking in the busy streets.”
I don’t love “this region’s people’s” but I’m not sure what to do about that.
Maybe:
“In this region, the people’s love of mountaintop scenery typically makes them prefer hiking in the mountain rainforests to walking in the busy streets.”