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Old 29-Aug-2004, 11:10
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Default Re: young man ?

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Originally Posted by Casiopea
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Originally Posted by whl626
In spite of his aged appearance, his movements were as spirited as a young man.

Young man is wrong and it should be replaced with ' youngster ' , right ?
What about?

His movements were as spirited as (that of) a young man's (movements).

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Aiya, I should have spotted it :P We can't compare a movement with a person. That's illogical :P But since the question only requires that we change the underlined word or phrase. I think

( His movements were as spirited as a young man's ) is fine, right ?
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