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Bookmark or Share- What are some nice words to describe a very old age of a personYou might say they are long in the tooth which is a slightly nicer way of saying "old".. Alternatively you could talk about long life as a more positive way of referring to old age (although I'm struggling to think of a good example of doing this), or do away with talk about age altogether and say something like "How amazing to have five generations of your family together at the same time!"
- Meaning of the Oscar Wilde quote about the "tragedy of old age"In order to reach old age, you must once have had to be young. The 'tragedy' referred to, is that in old age, we remember only too well what we were in our youth - young, agile, and smooth-skinned. You cannot be old without having first been young, I'm pretty sure Oscar Wilde appreciated the beauty of youth, and its loss in old age.
- The 6 signs of decline to watch for in senior loved onesIs it inevitable that aging must bring disease, debilitation and dementia? Jack Lalanne, the exercise guru, continued his two-hour daily workouts into his nineties. Clint Eastwood, at the age of eighty, continues to produce, direct, and star in major motion pictures. Sure, our parents are aging. But while chronic illness and increased frailty take their Read more...
- What is the difference between "aged" and "age"?The boy is of age 11. I'm of age 20. Now, when talking about age alone, age is a noun and [age 11] is a noun phrase. In the case of your examples, [college aged students] and [college age students] represent two different cases of noun modification. [College aged] is clearly an adjectival phrase. [College age] is clearly a noun phrase.
- Higher age or older age? - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeThree quotations with "greater age" use this expression in the sense of "older". I also want to emphasize that they date 1865–1880. However, "greater age" also appears in the definition of "older": In the ordinary senses of old: Of greater age; that has lived or existed longer, of longer existence or standing; more ancient.
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