How to express 3 hard sentences?

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Could you tell me how to correctly express the following 3 situations?

Is 'go up' correct. I don't know if you understand what I am saying. Would you rephrase?
1 I put a 2 piece PJ my newborn and the 2 piece pajamas always go up while my newborn is sleeping. I always have to pull the top down. It goes up all the time.

Is slouch the correct word, when your baby is deep 'in her chair' or in this instance her swing' Can you say 'She is deep in her chair' the opposite of upright in her chair?
2 Make sure your newborn isn't slouched in its swing after it's eaten. Make sure it is sitting upright so it can digest its food.

This is probably factually incorrect, but I would like to know how you would have to say it so that it is natural and grammatical?
3 Babies have a weaker strain of the flu virus than us adults. A baby isn't likely to pass the flu to an adult or if it does, it won't be as strong.

Thank you in advance

Doctor D · Accepted Answer

First, a general note. I know you probably want to give universal advice, but a newborn is not an "it." If you are talking about an actual baby, use "he" or "she," whichever the case may be. Formerly, you could use "he" as a universal term, but some people object to this. Others try to avoid the problem by using "they" and "their" as a substitute. But it is awkward to use a plural term to refer to single individual. The usage is currently not settled.

1. I would say "ride up." Here is how I would word it:
I put a two-piece pajama on my newborn baby and it always rides up while he/she is sleeping. So I have to pull the top back down. This happens all the time.

2. I would not say deep. It is not the opposite of "upright" but more the opposite of "forward" (at the front edge of the chair rather than at the back, which is what "deep" suggests.)
So, yes, you could say "slouch" or, my choice, "slump." Here is one way to word it:
Make sure that your newborn isn't slumped in the swing after he/she's eaten. Make sure the infant is sitting upright so he/she can digest his/her food.

I would say "carry" rather than "have" (because the flu is not built in to the baby.) My wording:
3. Babies carry a weaker strain of the flu virus than we adults do. So a baby isn't likely to pass the flu to an adult or, if it does, it won't be as strong.
Note: I said "we adults" rather than "us adults" because adults is not the object but a second subject. Babies carry and we (adults) carry. "Than us" works only if you are comparing us to some subject: Babies are weaker than us. But you are talking about two strains of flu, one in the babies and one in adults. So you are saying in shorthand "Babies carry flu that is weaker than the flu that we as adults carry." See?

I hope this helps.

Fivejedjon · Answer

In BrE, we have pyjamas (plural) We assume they consist of a top and bottom unless otherwise stated.

Anonymous · Answer

Rides up is perfect thank you

What about in this context? Sometimes when you have a long sleeved shirt on, and you wear a sweater over it, your sleeves ride up.

Is ride up also natural in this context?

Thank you very much

Doctor D · Answer

Yes, ride up is fine there.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you for the help

Ps Can I ask you a quick question, is market price and market value the same? I asked califjim and he said to repost as he didn't know, I am looking for an American speaker for the answer.

Doctor D · Answer

I've done some searching and this is my general answer:
No, market price and market value are not necessarily the same.

Market value is what something would be worth in an open market when buyers and sellers have equal power. It is an estimate of value. Market price is what some actual buyer paid (or would pay) some actual seller.

For example: The market value of a house may be $200,000 if there is some competition for the available houses and there is an adequate supply of houses. In a depression, when there are few buyers, the house may sell for only $150,000--that is the actual market price of the house. When there is a shortage of houses and a lot of eager buyers, the house may sell for $250,000.

Does this answer your question?

Anonymous · Answer

Have I got this correct then Doctor D?

I bought the house under market price. The market price this house was 200000 and I was able to get it for 150000.
The market price is what the house is worth right?
is thIs synonymous to you?
The market price is 2000.
It is worth 2000.

Could you you tell me how you would phrase this idea? do you say the maket price has gone down or the value of the house has gone down?

I bought the house for 200000 5 years ago but the maker price has gone down/ the value of the house has gone down. I'll wait for the maker price to go up before selling.

Could I use 'ride up' this way also?

The hoodie of my jacket isn't very deep. When I wear the hoodie, it only covers have my head and it slowly rides up/down as I am walking until it no longer is on my head and all the way down.

Thank you

Anonymous · Answer

I can't seem to find the answer to the questions. I've looked online, where did you look?
Can you tell me what you think?

Anonymous · Answer

Could you tell me how to say this please?
I bought the house under market price. The market price this house was 200000 and I was able to get it for 150000.
The market price is what the house is worth right?
is thIs synonymous to you?
The market price is 2000.
It is worth 2000.

Could you you tell me how you would phrase this idea? do you say the maket price has gone down or the value of the house has gone down?

I bought the house for 200000 5 years ago but the maker price has gone down/ the value of the house has gone down. I'll wait for the maker price to go up before selling.

How would you say this?
They are selling the house under/over/above market value/maket price.

Could I use 'ride up' this way also?

The hoodie of my jacket isn't very deep. When I wear the hoodie, it only covers have my head and it slowly rides up/down as I am walking until it no longer is on my head and all the way down.

thanks

Doctor D · Answer

Go back to my earlier remarks. Market Value is an ideal price. Market Price is what someone paid. They may be the same thing. But if the market for houses is distorted (nobody wants to buy, or a great many people want to buy a house) then the market price of a house (what buyers will actually pay) may be much less than or much more than the normal market value of that house.

So you can say that the house was undervalued (the owner didn't ask for enough money: it was worth more than you paid for it). But you can't say that the house was bought for less than market price. You bought it at that price, so that is the market price.

Could you tell me how to say this please?
I bought the house under market price. The market price this house was 200000 and I was able to get it for 150000.
The market price is what the house is worth right?
is thIs synonymous to you?
The market price is 2000.
It is worth 2000.
You can say: I bought the house for less than its market value. (That means that another buyer would have paid more for it right now.) The value or the worth is what you can get for it in an open market. So the market price is what it is worth right now.

Could you you tell me how you would phrase this idea? do you say the market price has gone down or the value of the house has gone down?
You can say both. The value of the house has gone down (OR, more commonly: The house has lost value). AND you can say: The market price of the house has gone down (OR "dropped").

I bought the house for 200000 5 years ago but the maker price has gone down/ the value of the house has gone down. I'll wait for the market price to go up before selling.
I would pick one term. I bought the house for $200,000 five years ago, but the value of the house has dropped. I'll wait for the market to go up again before selling.

How would you say this?
They are selling the house under/over/above market value/market price.
They are selling the house for less than its market value.

Could I use 'ride up' this way also?

The hoodie of my jacket isn't very deep. When I wear the hoodie, it only covers have my head and it slowly rides up/down as I am walking until it no longer is on my head and all the way down.

Yes, but this is how I might say it: The hoodie of my jacket isn't very deep. When I wear the hoodie, it only covers half my head. So as I am walking, it slowly rides up and down until it slips off my head completely.

I hope this answers all your questions.

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