The/A perfect life
I found the following paragraph on the Internet:
"Money. Fame. Excitement. It sounds like celebrities have the perfect life. Millions look up to them as idols. And yet, the life of a star isn't as easy as it looks. They face a lot of pressure on a daily basis?from studios, the media, and fans. We expect them to be perfect in every way. Yet, deep down, they're people just like the rest of us. Sometimes, the pressure is too much to handle. Indeed, for every photo of a smiling superstar, there's another of a celebrity going through serious problems."
1. I don't know whether this paragraph was written by a native speaker of English, but shouldn't "the perfect life" be "a perfect life"?
2. "Indeed, for every photo of a smiling superstar, there's another of a celebrity going through serious problems." Is this a natural expression? Does this mean "apart from pictures of smiling superstars, there are also pictures of celebrities with serious problems"?
Top answer
I'm a native English speaker in the US, and this sounds slightly off, like the writer is a very advanced, but non-native, speaker. The phrase "the perfect life" is okay. " is not quite right.
- I'm a native English speaker in the US, and this sounds slightly off, like the writer is a very advanced, but non-native, speaker.
- The phrase "the perfect life" is okay.
- " is not quite right.
- " Another thing that's off is that this covers a topic that's been done to death.
- Everybody knows what's said in the passage, and only a non-native speaker would write it like it'd brand new news.
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I'm a native English speaker in the US, and this sounds slightly off, like the writer is a very advanced, but non-native, speaker. The phrase "the perfect life" is okay. But, "Indeed, for every photo...another of a celebrity going through serious problems." is not quite right. A native speaker might phrase this, for example, as "indeed, for every photo...there's another of a celebrity looki
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