Find the mistake

Find the mistake

I don`t remember what it was like being a kid.


Will it be this way


I don`t remember what it was like as being a kid.


or

I don`t remember what it was like being a toddler

.........................................................................

which one is correct?



Thanks in advance.

nado92 said:

Find the mistake

I don`t remember what it was like being a kid.


Will it be this way


I don`t remember what it was like as being a kid.


or

I don`t remember what it was like being a toddler

.........................................................................

which one is correct?



Thanks in advance.

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First, the term "kid" is much more general than "toddler". A toddler is generally used to describe a child who has just begun to walk. "Kid" can refer to a juvenile usually under 18 years. Second, with regard to the choice between the two sentences you posted, the second would be correct.

To me, the first sentence is correct (though to be would be an improvement on being) and the second is wrong.

Rover

Rover_KE said:

To me, the first sentence is correct (though to be would be an improvement on being) and the second is wrong.

Rover

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Me too.

nado92 said:

Find the mistake

I don`t remember what it was like being a kid.


Will it be this way


I don`t remember what it was like as being a kid.


or

I don`t remember what it was like being a toddler

.........................................................................

which one is correct?



Thanks in advance.

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Well, I thought the post was a choice between the last two sentences. If true, and if BarbD and RoverKE assumed the same, I would argue that the first is not correct. On the other hand, if we are looking at three sentences, then #1 and #3 are correct. Heeeeeellllllpppp!

Ah. Let's say it this way: The one with the "as" in black is NOT correct.

How's that?

And, as you already said, substituting "toddler" for "kid" is not a logically sound substitution, but it is grammatical.

Thank you very much for your help.

Let me ask again,is there a mistake in this sentence?

I don`t remember what it was like being a kid.


If so,what is the mistake?

nado92 said:

Thank you very much for your help.

Let me ask again,is there a mistake in this sentence?

I don`t remember what it was like being a kid.


If so,what is the mistake?

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No, that sounds fine to me.

/A learner/

nado92 said:

Find the mistake

1. I don`t remember what it was like being a kid.
2. I don`t remember what it was like as being a kid.

which one is correct?
Thanks in advance.

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I don't understand neither #1 nor #2.

#1 means that you have no memory of how it felt when you were a child.

I suppose some may argue that "what it was like to be a kid" may be correct and "being" is not, but the original sounds fine to me and I'd say it either way.

Edited to fix my typo

e2e4 said:

/A learner/


I don't understand neither #1 nor #2.

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sure, no one can understand them because both of them are wrong.

nado92 said:

sure, no one can understand them because both of them are wrong.

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They are easily understood! What do you think is wrong with the first one? (And if there is an error, it does not prohibit comprehension.)

e2e4 said:

/A learner/


I don't understand neither #1 nor #2.

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I understand neither #1 nor #2. :tick:
I don't understand either #1 or #2. :tick:
I don't understand neither #1 nor #2. :cross:

Why not

I don't remember how it was being (to be) a child.

In addition, yes, one negation in a sentence is correct way. Thank Barb,

Barb_D said:

I suppose some may argue that "shat it was like to be a kid" may be correct

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I see that your memories of childhood are as scatalogical as mine.

fivejedjon said:

Barb_D said:

I suppose some may argue that "shat it was like to be a kid" may be correct

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I see that your memories of childhood are as scatalogical as mine.

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:lol: Naughty! :mrgreen:
W and S are adjacent on the keyboard, hence Barb's typo. :idea: ;-)

Barb_D said:

Ah. Let's say it this way: The one with the "as" in black is NOT correct.

How's that?

And, as you already said, substituting "toddler" for "kid" is not a logically sound substitution, but it is grammatical.

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I feel a lot better now. :-D Happy Thanksgiving!

You too! (I"m off duty for the next hour when the turkey goes in. Then I can watch my Patriots play the Angry Poodles of Detroit.)

The first one seems correct...