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Hi,Could you please check these sentences for me?The back door of the hotel is adjacent / adjoining to the beach. (Both words have the same meaning here?)My both kids are 2 and 4 aged respectively. (Correct I believe)My both kids 2 and 4 age respectively. (Can this be correct?)They are 2 and 4 years old.They 2 and 4 years old.  (Can this be correct?)Cheers

Clive · Accepted Answer

Could you please check these sentences for me?

The back door of the hotel is adjacent / adjoining to the beach. (Both words have the same meaning here?)

Consider these dictionary defnitions.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjacent, adjoining mean being in close proximity.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between. a house with an adjacent garage

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjoining definitely implies meeting and touching at some point or line. had adjoining rooms at the hotel

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjoining

But neither of those two words seems suitable if you are talking about a door. You could consider these word if you were taking about the room and the beach, which are both 'areas'.

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We don't say my both kids. We say both my kids or both of my kids.

eg Both of my kids are aged 4 / are 4 years old. This means they are each 4. Twins?

My kids are 2 and 4 respectively. You don't really need to say 'respectively' here.

My kids are 2 and 4.

Clive

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