Can we say like this?

[Roselin]

Can we say that " The children are in their plastic period of life. You can mould them in any shape you want." ? Is it a complete sentence, free from all kinds of mistakes? I am finding it bit wierd. May be I m wrong..Please, give your comments.

[Neillythere]

Hi Roselin

As a Brit, but not a teacher, I would have 2 comments:

1. I believe that you can join the 2 sentences by converting the full stop in the middle to a colon, as they are 2 related concepts, as in ".... life: you .....".
2. I would have said: ".... into any shape .....".

Hope this helps
Regards
NT

PS I, myself, hardly ever use the colon and would normally leave it as 2 sentences.

[Roselin]

Thanks for your suggestion and correction,Niell!

[Raymott]

Can we say that " The children are in their plastic period of life. You can mould them in any shape you want." ? Is it a complete sentence, free from all kinds of mistakes? I am finding it bit wierd. May be I m wrong..Please, give your comments.

It's two complete sentences.
Small correction:
"The children are in the plastic period of their life. You can mould them into any shape you want."
I would use a dash here if I decided on one sentence:
"The children are in the plastic period of their life - you can mould them into any shape you want."

[Roselin]

Thanks Raymott!

[Neillythere]

Hi Raymott

Yes, a dash works for me also.

Best regards
NT