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Help with the right word
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baiba
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Help with the right word
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Hi everybody!
I am in need of your help.
I am preparing a worksheet and I cannot decide how I can name in one or two words the years of a person �s life, e.g. 1865-1922, to avoid writing "the year when a person was born and the year when this person died".
Is it life years or life span? Anything better?
I would be grateful for your suggestions.
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11 Dec 2009
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Zora
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Hmmm... that really depends on the usage. I would only use "life span" in a statistical way and moreover, I would use it more for animals than people. I think the best way to answer your question Baiba dear is if you gave us an example of the sentence you want to use it in because I would just say "Beethoven was 60 years old when he died." whereas I would say... "The average life span of a person of those times was 45."
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11 Dec 2009
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baiba
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Thank you, dear Manuela and Silke! Then let it be life span!
Edit: just read Zora�s reply.
I just want the students to choose the right number, e.g. 1888-1933, and put it in the table under what title?
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11 Dec 2009
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Zora
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Hmm.... then it �s definitely not life span because you would answer with a number... Better would be "When did he/they live?" and you´d be able to answer with dates like you want to.
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11 Dec 2009
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baiba
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I won �t complicate things then and will choose "when did they live" as it seems to be the simplest variant.
Many thanks, dear Zora and Silke!
(Silke, you have a new seasonal look! )
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11 Dec 2009
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redcamarocruiser
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For me, life span sounds ok because it is short and is a synonym for lifetime. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/life%20span says it is the duration of an individual�s existence.
While I agree that one could answer 66 years when asked for the lifespan of a famous person, I don �t see anything wrong with answering He lived from 1800 - 1866.
Here is an example of the usage from the web:
http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/lifespan-john-sartain-257219.html
Q:What was the lifespan of John Sartain?
A: 1808-97.
Alternately, how about D.O.B - D.O.D or Birth Date and Death Date (terms used in genealogy)?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/D.O.B.
http://www.acronymfinder.com/Date-Of-Death-%28geneaological-term%29-%28DOD%29.html
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11 Dec 2009
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baiba
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Thanks for one more opinion, redcamarocruiser!
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11 Dec 2009
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tancredo
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I would say "years of living" |
11 Dec 2009
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Zora
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I know! How about a simple "Lived?" Then you can answer with dates... I am not sure why I didn �t think of this before! lol
Sorry Baiba, we keep throwing stuff at you! lol
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11 Dec 2009
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