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Hello! I have several questions please.

First sentence: " We are both wearing glasses and same age." <--- Is that technically correct?

Second: " Talk about smoking, smoking does harm than good. "

Is it 'Talking' about smoking or 'Talk' about smoking?

Third: "Think of positive effects about smoking, A belly worm doesn't live in smoker's body and a tax of the cigarette helps national finance."

Should it be 'Thinking' of positive effects or 'Think' of positive effecrts.?

Thanks for your help!

Scott

P.S. The above is part of a written and oral exam I received from a student on the effects of smoking and drinking alcohol.

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TeacherScottinBusan First sentence: " We are both wearing glasses and same age." <--- Is that technically correct? I would add "the" before "same."
Assuming "We are both" distributes to both attributes: "We are both the same age."

Second: " Talk about smoking, smoking does harm than good. " "does more harm than good" is the very common expression.

Is it 'Talking' about smoking or 'Talk' about smoking? This is a casual remark. "Talk" is appropriate.
To speak a bit more formally, you might say, "Talking about smoking, it's generally considered that smoking does more harm than good.

Third: "Think of positive effects about smoking, A belly worm doesn't live in smoker's body and a tax of the cigarette helps national finance." I'd swap the "of" and the "about."
"Thinking about the positive effects of smoking, a belly etc. . . . , and the cigarette tax helps national finance."

Should it be 'Thinking' of positive effects or 'Think' of positive effects.? Thinking. Welcome to English Forums, Scott. Thanks for joining us! [<:o)]

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