Rover_KE Posted 6 years ago
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Tender childhood
anonymousIs "tender childhood"
iscorrect?It's not colloquial.
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Rover_KE anonymous Is "tender childhood" is correct? It's not colloquial. "Tender years" is a very old-fashioned term used in poetry, law and perhaps literature.
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Rover_KEanonymousIs "tender childhood"
iscorrect?It's not colloquial.
"Tender years" is a very old-fashioned term used in poetry, law and perhaps literature.
Example:
The tender years doctrine is a legal principle in family law since t
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