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chapter 4. fit as a fiddle

작성자 : yon***   ·   2014-07-21

1. fit as a fiddle
Regular exercise make fit as a fiddle elderly people.
2. senior citizen
Now day, The ratio of the Senior citizen is increasing in the society.
3. out of shape
Regular night snack is going to make out of shape.
4. pump iron
Some people think that pump iron will rais only muscles. But Pump iron can heip burn fat and lower blood pressure.
5. (as)flat as a pancake
It able to make many traditional food in the world by dough as flat as a pancake
6. feel like a million dollars
Now i feel like a million dollars because my stock increased yesterday.
7. not believe one's eyes
There is the UFO in the sky, i can not believe my eyes.

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Hi Young! Thank you submitting your homework. I really appreciate it a lot. Please see my corrections below.

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1. fit as a fiddle

Young: Regular exercise make fit as a fiddle elderly people.

Correct: Regular exercise makes elderly people fit as a fiddle.

Explanation: Subjects and verbs must agree with one another in number.
If the subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is
plural, its verb must also be plural.  


2. senior citizen

Young: Now day, The ratio of the Senior citizen is increasing in the society.

Correct: Nowadays, the number of senior citizens is increasing in the society.

Explanation: We use the word "ratio" to compare a relationship between two groups or amounts that express how much bigger is one than the other. In this sentence, use "number" instead of ratio.


3. out of shape

Young: Regular night snack is going to make out of shape.

Correct: Regular night snack may cause someone to be out of shape.

Explanation:   Avoid constructing sentence with a different meaning as what you really mean.


4. pump iron

Young: Some people think that pump iron will rais only muscles. But Pump iron can heip burn fat and lower blood pressure.

Correct: Some people thinks that pumping iron will only make their muscles bigger but it could also help them burn fat and lower blood pressure.

Explanation:   Use but to linking words like "but" to connect ideas and phrases.


5. (as)flat as a pancake

Young: It able to make many traditional food in the world by dough as flat as a pancake.

Correct: Dough enables to made traditional food in the world as flat as a pancake.

Explanation: Pay attention to sentence structure.


6. feel like a million dollars


Young: Now I feel like a million dollars because my stock increased yesterday.


7. not believe one's eyes

Young: There is the UFO in the sky, i can not believe my eyes.

Correct: There was UFO in the sky. I cannot believe my eyes.

Explanation: Use past tense if the action or situation is in past time while present tense if the action or situation is
happening.

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