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Sodawater Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

aging?

Is is possible to say, "Our country is aging rapidly" and "The population of our country is aging rapidly."
  

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The second is correct. However, you can say the first as a figurative statement of the second. ) Note: when you say that "the population" is aging rapidly, you do not mean that everyone is getting unexpectedly older (aging is a steady process).

— Doctor D

  • The second is correct.
  • However, you can say the first as a figurative statement of the second.
  • ) Note: when you say that "the population" is aging rapidly, you do not mean that everyone is getting unexpectedly older (aging is a steady process).
  • What you mean is that the proportion of the population that is older is increasing.
  • Clear?
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The second is correct. However, you can say the first as a figurative statement of the second. (You are personifying the country or you are using the word "country" to mean the citizens of the country--as opposed to, say, its landscape or its manufacturing plants.)

Note: when you say that "the population" is aging rapidly, you do not mean that everyone is getting unexpecte
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Crystal clear. Thank you very much.
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