Please help me interpret this!

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Please help me interpret this!

Post by ElenaGornishka » Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:47 pm

I found an exercise in a student's book practising countable and uncountable nouns. Unfortunately, I didn't understand the meaning of the following sentence. Could you please interpret it for me!

Youth is wasted on the young. [/b]
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Re: Please help me interpret this!

Post by Lorikeet » Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:41 pm

ElenaGornishka wrote:I found an exercise in a student's book practising countable and uncountable nouns. Unfortunately, I didn't understand the meaning of the following sentence. Could you please interpret it for me!

Youth is wasted on the young. [/b]
When you are young, you don't appreciate how wonderful it is.
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