Navitasan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
For being
Is this sentence correct:
1-The star's mother, Georgia Holt, looks pretty darn good for being 86 years old.
I read it on yahoo. It is about the singer Cher's mother.
I think it should be:
2-The star's mother, Georgia Holt, looks pretty darn good for an eighty six-year-old.
It seems to me that in "1", "for being 86 years old" means "because of being 86 years old".
Gratefully,
Navi.
1-The star's mother, Georgia Holt, looks pretty darn good for being 86 years old.
I read it on yahoo. It is about the singer Cher's mother.
I think it should be:
2-The star's mother, Georgia Holt, looks pretty darn good for an eighty six-year-old.
It seems to me that in "1", "for being 86 years old" means "because of being 86 years old".
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
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Your amendment is correct, but use numerals—'...for an 86-year-old.'
You can also say, more succinctly:
'. . .looks pretty darn good for 86.'
Rover
You can also say, more succinctly:
'. . .looks pretty darn good for 86.'
Rover
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