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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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