Minor pleasant treats of old age

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I wonder if this sentence sounds good to natives. The tennis player wants to say ironically that aches and pains are "a treat" (in the sense of a gift) for old age people or for the ageing process in general (of course, we know that they are really a bad gift).

The sentence would be in this context:

I think I should have to hang-up my racket . Resigne myself today. [Now smiling] You know, minor pleasant treats of old age.

Is it grammatically correct?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

CarolMontesI think I should have to hang-up my racket .

I think I will have to hang up my racket.

CarolMontesResigne myself today.

Retire today.

CarolMontesYou know, minor pleasant treats of old age.

You know, minor pleasant treats of old age.

CarolMontesIs it grammatically correct?

It is supposed to be a person speaking. He is speaking telegraphically, leaving out many words, so the grammar is poor, but grammar is not as important as sounding right for the speaker, so that much is OK. The last sentence is not understandable. On first reading, no one will know what minor pleasant treats of old age are, and the phrase sounds unnatural. You asked.

CalifJim · Answer

CarolMontesThe tennis player wants to say ironically that aches and pains are "a treat" (in the sense of a gift) for old age people
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I think I should have to hang up my racket . Resign ~~myself~~ today. [Now smiling] You know, minor pleasant treats of old age.

That's not how the sentence reads. It seems instead to be saying that being retired is the one of the treats. There's nothing about aches and pains.

CJ

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