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Blackiana Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Age

Hi again my friends!
Can yot tell me if it is possible to say HE LIVED EIGHTY YEARS instead of HE LIVED TO BE EIGHTY?
Thanks in advance!!!!
Blackiana:)
  

Top answer

Yes, you can. Or He lived to the age of eighty. He lived to be eighty years old.

— Mister Micawber

  • Yes, you can.
  • Or He lived to the age of eighty.
  • He lived to be eighty years old.
  • He lived to eighty.
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Yes, you can. Or

He lived to the age of eighty.
He lived to be eighty years old.
He lived to eighty.
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Thanks for your answer my friend!!!Only one more thing,which one is more common in use?
Thanks again!!! Emotion: big smile
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That's the trouble with English-- there are relatively few set ways of saying things. I would be surprised if any one of those five forms were significantly more common than the others.
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Thanks for being honest my friend!!!
Only one more thing: Can you tell me something about this
TO SHED A TEAR or TO CRY?
Thanks!!!
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'To shed a tear' is a rather euphuistic way of saying 'to cry', and normally appears jocularly nowadays.
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