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WANG CHUN Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

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Disadvantages of sports are less than advantages of sports for children in my book.

Parents place their young children in kindergarten.

There is a common phenomenon that modern young students like to eat saturated-fat food, especially fast food
  

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hello **** Chun, Your sentences are not "bad" in themselves, but they do need a bit of polishing. 1 - "Disadvantages of sports are less than advantages of sports for children in my book. " You could reput it this way: In my book, there are many more advantages than disadvantages resulting from the practice of sports for children .

  • hello **** Chun, Your sentences are not "bad" in themselves, but they do need a bit of polishing.
  • 1 - "Disadvantages of sports are less than advantages of sports for children in my book.
  • " You could reput it this way: In my book, there are many more advantages than disadvantages resulting from the practice of sports for children .
  • to my eyes, "practicing" is better than "doing" for sports; emphase should be put on the source of your statement, your book; the positive form, unless you attack another argument maybe, is usually better; although my sentence also could use some more polishing and thinking, I think it shows a bit the kind of remodeling the two other could use.
  • Your second sentence is also a very direct statement.
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hello **** Chun,

Your sentences are not "bad" in themselves, but they do need a bit of polishing.

1 - "Disadvantages of sports are less than advantages of sports for children in my book. "

You could reput it this way:

In my book, there are many more advantages than disadvantages resulting from the practice of sports for children .

to my eyes, "

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