Development
Can the word 'development' be used as a synonym as 'growth'?
For example, does it make sense to say:
"For a long time, he appeared to have a modest physical development, and so I didn't expect him to become that big when he grew up."
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"have a ... physical development" bothers me. 'have' sounds like the wrong verb.
- "have a ...
- physical development" bothers me.
- 'have' sounds like the wrong verb.
- We don't "have" development/growth.
- We experience it.
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"have a ... physical development" bothers me. 'have' sounds like the wrong verb. We don't "have" development/growth. We experience it. But how to put it? I'd reword thus:
For a long time his physical development remained modest, so I didn't expect him to become that big when he grew up.
(You don't want "and so" where you have it. Just "so".)
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