A tricky one... maybe
Hi
I want to express this concept:
"I began to feel really old the moment I realized that I had lived more years than the amount of years between the end of World War Two and the day of my birth."
How would you say that? Is the phrase above acceptable? I'd like to say that in the simplest way possible. Can you help?
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Interventizio Is the phrase above acceptable? Yes, except that we don't use "amount" with countable nouns. We use "number".
- Interventizio Is the phrase above acceptable?
- Yes, except that we don't use "amount" with countable nouns.
- We use "number".
- the number of years; the number of elephants; the number of plates the amount of wine; the amount of sugar; the amount of patience CJ
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InterventizioIs the phrase above acceptable?
Yes, except that we don't use "amount" with countable nouns. We use "number".
the number of years; the number of elephants; the number of plates
the amount of wine; the amount of sugar; the amount of patience
CJ
0Interventizio"I began to feel really old the moment I realized that I had lived more years than the number of years between the end of World War Two and the day of my birth."
It makes no sense. Suppose you were born in September, 1950. WWII ended in September, 1945. You began to feel really old when you were 5 years old!
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