Grammar advice please?
Hi there,
Please advise me what is the better word choice to you for these sentences?
The health tends to deteriorate/degrade when age.
He is now deteriorating. (Smoking, drinking, gambling…etc)
The relationships of the two countries are deteriorating/degrading.
The strong bleach will rot/deteriorate this cloth.
That empire decayed/deteriorated in the nineteenth century.
Thanks in advance.
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John Aki The health tends to deteriorate/degrade when age. "deteriorate" is the right verb, but other parts of the sentence are wrong. " John Aki He is now deteriorating.
- John Aki The health tends to deteriorate/degrade when age.
- "deteriorate" is the right verb, but other parts of the sentence are wrong.
- " John Aki He is now deteriorating.
- (Smoking, drinking, gambling…etc) With a human subject, "deteriorate" is not commonly used for things other than health.
- John Aki The relationships of the two countries are deteriorating/degrading.
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John AkiThe health tends to deteriorate/degrade when age.
"deteriorate" is the right verb, but other parts of the sentence are wrong. Say "Health tends to deteriorate with age."
John AkiHe is now deteriorating. (Smoking, drinking, gambling…etc)
With a human subject, "deteriorate" is not commonly used for things oth
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