Trova Inglese Insegnanti
Barbara
Senior / Elderly people / Elderlies.
Which word would you use in the following sentences to make them more natural?
1) Today is my grandmom birthday, so there will be a lot of elderly ladies in her house.
2) Today morning, I helped an elderly man cross the street.
3) My grammar teacher is an elderly lady, she is very open-minded though.
Thanks!
4 ott 2017 02:22
Risposte · 4
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Adjectives in English never have a plural form — “elderlies” doesn’t exist. (Well, it is sometimes used as a noun, but it’s not really proper, and it sounds a bit rude to me.) It is possible to use “the elderly” to refer to elderly people in general. This is always considered plural, although the adjective doesn’t take a plural ending, we use a plural verb: “The elderly are an important source of wisdom for young people.”
In all three of your sentences, you have used the word “elderly” correctly as an adjective. It sounds very natural, nice, and polite.
There are a couple of unrelated grammar mistakes. This is surprising, since you’re usually so accurate:
We need an apostrophe S on “grandmom” (also, most people say “grandma” or “grandmother”).
We don’t say “today morning” — we say “this morning.”
About your grammar teacher — it’s possible for elderly people to be open-minded. We should try to keep an open mind about the elderly ;)
4 ottobre 2017
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4 ottobre 2017
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4 ottobre 2017
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Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Klingon, Spagnolo
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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