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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

As..mature

Hi.
In:
"As children mature, there are major shifts in the manifestations of disruptive behavior they display"

What does mature mean?become(say)15 or just grow?
  

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" When does a child mature? At what age? That is a difficult question to answer.

  • " When does a child mature?
  • At what age?
  • That is a difficult question to answer.
  • Perhaps, as you say, it is at 15.
  • Perhaps it is at 18.
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In your example, "mature" means:

"As children grow older, there are major shifts in the manifestations of disruptive behavior they display."

When does a child mature? At what age? That is a difficult question to answer. Perhaps, as you say, it is at 15. Perhaps it is at 18. It is very subjective.
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