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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Subheading preference

Which of the following subheadings is best?

1. Age associated challenges of bone and heart health.
2. Age challenges on bone and heart health.
3. Age challenges of bone and heart health.

Also, are both 'on' and 'of' correct in numbers 2 and 3?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

None of those sound great to me. I suggest this as a possibility: Age-related challenges to bone and heart health

— GPY

  • None of those sound great to me.
  • I suggest this as a possibility: Age-related challenges to bone and heart health
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None of those sound great to me. I suggest this as a possibility:

Age-related challenges to bone and heart health
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Or perhaps even Age-related bone and heart problems.
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GPYNone of those sound great to me. I suggest this as a possibility:Age-related challenges to bone and heart health
Thank you very much for your help and suggestion. I am going to use it.
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AnonymousJust out of curiosity, are the use 'on' and 'of' instead of 'to' wrong or just not as good. To my ear it sounds that 'on' is written wrong and 'of' is correct but not as good. Do you agree?
"challenges of ..." doesn't make proper sense to me in that context. "challenge of X" normally implies that X is the challenge, not the thing challenged. "challen
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GPY AnonymousJust out of curiosity, are the use 'on' and 'of' instead of 'to' wrong or just not as good. To my ear it sounds that 'on' is written wrong and 'of' is correct but not as good. Do you agree?"challenges of ..." doesn't make proper sense to me in that context. "challenge of X" normally implies that X is the challenge, not the thing challenged. "challenges on" in
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GPYllenges to ...", as if the wrong preposition has been chosen.
Hi teacher, Sorry to bother you. Would you please tell me if my explanation/reasoning for the use of ‘to’ in response to your explanation was correct in my last post. Thank you again.
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Yes. If X is a challenge to Y, it means that X challenges and Y is challenged.
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Thanks a lot for responding.
GPYYes. If X is a challenge to Y, it means that X challenges and Y is challenged.
So this basically corresponding to my intent, under that subheading, of indicating "how age can affect bone and heart health”. Right? Here age is the challenge?
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