Children's lives have changed dramatically over the last 50 years.

Status
Not open for further replies.

ambitious-girl

Senior Member
Joined
Apr 29, 2017
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Persian
Home Country
Iran
Current Location
Iran
Hello,
Happy new year 2018 to all!

Could you please check the following sentences?

Children's lives have changed dramatically over the last 50 years. The question is whether they have happier childhood than we did or not.

Children's lives have changed dramatically over the last 50 years. The question is whether they have less happy childhood than we did or not.
 
Last edited:

Raymott

VIP Member
Joined
Jun 29, 2008
Member Type
Academic
Native Language
English
Home Country
Australia
Current Location
Australia
Children's lives have changed dramatically over the last 50 years. The question is whether they have a happier childhood than we did or not.

Children's lives have changed dramatically over the last 50 years. The question is whether they have a less happy childhood than we did or not.
As above.

PS: You can leave out the article if you use "childhoods" (which you can do).
 

Tarheel

VIP Member
Joined
Jun 16, 2014
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
American English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
I would use childhoods there.
 

teechar

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Feb 18, 2015
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
English
Home Country
Iraq
Current Location
Iraq
I would also leave out "or not".
 

Tdol

No Longer With Us (RIP)
Staff member
Joined
Nov 13, 2002
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
Japan
You could also say One question as there may be other important questions given the dramatic changes.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top