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Lucas21c Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
About good expression
I am not sure whether the following sentence is acceptable.
Could you tell me whether it is okay?
Thank you.
It's hard to tell age of today’s people. *My yardstick is too old to accurately measure their age, so I mistake it as three or four years younger, even ten sometimes.
* The reason why I wrote like 'My yardstick is too old ~' is because the narrator of the sentence is old.
Could you tell me whether it is okay?
Thank you.
It's hard to tell age of today’s people. *My yardstick is too old to accurately measure their age, so I mistake it as three or four years younger, even ten sometimes.
* The reason why I wrote like 'My yardstick is too old ~' is because the narrator of the sentence is old.
Top answer
It is not a good analogy - yardsticks measure distance (height), not time (age). It's hard for me to estimate the ages of young people. When I was young, people did not grow as tall or as quickly.
- It is not a good analogy - yardsticks measure distance (height), not time (age).
- It's hard for me to estimate the ages of young people.
- When I was young, people did not grow as tall or as quickly.
- So that's why I underestimate ages of young people by three or four years, and sometimes even ten years.
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It is not a good analogy - yardsticks measure distance (height), not time (age).
It's hard for me to estimate the ages of young people. When I was young, people did not grow as tall or as quickly. So that's why I underestimate ages of young people by three or four years, and sometimes even ten years.
It's hard for me to estimate the ages of young people. When I was young, people did not grow as tall or as quickly. So that's why I underestimate ages of young people by three or four years, and sometimes even ten years.
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Thank you for your answer. By the way,what I want to say at first is a little different from your answer because I want to say about people of all ages, not only the young. How about the following sentence? Can it convey my thought correctly?
Recently, it is hard to tell people's age. Like an old watch, I am too old to time other's age and so usually underestimate ages of people by thr
Recently, it is hard to tell people's age. Like an old watch, I am too old to time other's age and so usually underestimate ages of people by thr
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(I revised it again.)
Recently, it is hard to tell people's age for me. Like an old watch, I cannot feel the lapse of time enough to accurately guess other's age, so I usually underestimate ages of Women, of course, and men also, by three or four years, and sometimes even ten years.
Recently, it is hard to tell people's age for me. Like an old watch, I cannot feel the lapse of time enough to accurately guess other's age, so I usually underestimate ages of Women, of course, and men also, by three or four years, and sometimes even ten years.
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lucas21cRecently, it is hard to tell people's age for me. Like an old watch, I cannot feel the lapse of time enough to accurately guess other's age, so I usually underestimate ages of Women, of course, and men also, by three or four years, and sometimes even ten years.Here are a few minor suggestions:
Recently, it has been hard for me
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Thank you very much. By the way, I wonder how it sounds like to the native speakers. Could you tell me whether it coveys emotional feelings to some extent or just deliver meaning of words? (Please just give me your honest opinion as it is.)
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The analogy of the old watch gives it more color and emotional appeal.
But I think of an old watch as being more accurate than the new ones!
But I think of an old watch as being more accurate than the new ones!
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