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	blackiana  #66645  Mon, 10 Jan 05 03:43 AM Hi again my friends! Can yot tell me if it is possible to say HE LIVED EIGHTY YEARS instead of HE LIVED TO BE EIGHTY? Thanks in advance!!!! Blackiana:)    blackiana Joined on Sun, Oct 31 2004 New Member (09)

	Mister Micawber  #66733  Mon, 10 Jan 05 10:41 AM Yes, you can. Or He lived to the age of eighty. He lived to be eighty years old. He lived to eighty.    Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member (22,185) 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	blackiana  #66761  Mon, 10 Jan 05 12:30 PM Thanks for your answer my friend!!!Only one more thing,which one is more common in use? Thanks again!!! :D    blackiana

	Mister Micawber  #66776  Mon, 10 Jan 05 02:11 PM That's the trouble with English-- there are relatively few set ways of saying things. I would be surprised if any one of those five forms were significantly more common than the others.    Mister Micawber

	blackiana  #66839  Mon, 10 Jan 05 08:06 PM Thanks for being honest my friend!!! Only one more thing: Can you tell me something about this TO SHED A TEAR or TO CRY? Thanks!!! :D    blackiana

	Mister Micawber  #66873  Mon, 10 Jan 05 11:55 PM 'To shed a tear' is a rather euphuistic way of saying 'to cry', and normally appears jocularly nowadays.    Mister Micawber