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Reegis Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Small children are kicking their feet a lot.

Hello.

Is the sentence below correct?

Small children are kicking their feet a lot.

The intended meaning is to describe situations where babies lie on their back and move their legs vigorously in the air.

  

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Small children are not the same thing as babies. Are you talking about their general behaviour, or about a particular group of children/babies that you are observing? If the former, you can say "Babies / Small children kick their feet a lot".

  • Small children are not the same thing as babies.
  • Are you talking about their general behaviour, or about a particular group of children/babies that you are observing?
  • If the former, you can say "Babies / Small children kick their feet a lot".
  • ) If the latter, "Babies / Small children are kicking their feet a lot" may feel odd, seeming in need of a determiner or modifier for "Babies / Small children" to explain which ones you mean.
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Small children are not the same thing as babies.

Are you talking about their general behaviour, or about a particular group of children/babies that you are observing? If the former, you can say "Babies / Small children kick their feet a lot". (If you want to be more specific that they kick their feet in the air when they are lying on their back, then you need to add those words.) If the

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