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Plural or singular?: "I want to carry a heavy bag for old people."

Which version bellow is correct and natural?:

(When asked "What do you want to do to help old people/senior citizens?")
  1. I want to carry a heavy bag for an old person when he is crossing a street.
  2. I want to carry heavy bags for old people when they are crossing streets.
  3. I want to carry a heavy bag for old people when they are crossing streets.
Or, is there a better, more natural way of saying the same thing?

English plurals are confusing to me....
  

Top answer

My offering: I want/like to offer to carry senior citizens' heavy bags when they are crossing the street. or I like to help senior citizens to cross the road.

— Optilang

  • My offering: I want/like to offer to carry senior citizens' heavy bags when they are crossing the street.
  • or I like to help senior citizens to cross the road.
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My offering:

I want/like to offer to carry senior citizens' heavy bags when they are crossing the street.

or

I like to help senior citizens to cross the road.
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ExpWhich version bellow is correct and natural?:

(When asked "What do you want to do to help old people/senior citizens?")
  1. I want to carry a heavy bag for an old person when he is crossing a street.
  2. I want to carry heavy bags for old people when they are crossing streets.
  3. I want to carry a heavy bag for old people when they are crossing str
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Can I just add that, as Opti hinted in his version of the correction, that the origional is just not natural?

It sounds like the person is standing on the corner, just looking for an old person to come by with bags.

A: What you doing here?
B: Waiting.
A: Waiting for what?
B: An old person with bags.
A: Why?
B: I want to carry a heavy bag for an old person when
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