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Cryptic Lullaby Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Does this sentence make sense?

The woman smiled. She looked like she was around her forties and had blonde hair that streaked gray from aging. She had dull green eyes and pallid skin.

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The woman smiled. OK She looked like she was around her forties and had blonde hair that streaked gray from aging. No.

  • The woman smiled.
  • OK She looked like she was around her forties and had blonde hair that streaked gray from aging.
  • No.
  • Say eg She looked like she was around forty.
  • eg She looked like she was in her forties.
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The woman smiled. OK


She looked like she was around her forties and had blonde hair that streaked gray from aging.
No.
Say eg She looked like she was around forty.eg She looked like she was in her forties.


I prefer eg and had blonde hair streaked gray from aging.


She had dull green eyes and pallid skin.
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