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Sat 24 Jun, 2017 01:10 am
1) I used to do a lot of mischieves when I was Jonathan's age. Who is five at the moment.
2) I used to do a lot of mischieves when I was as old as Jonathan, Who is five at the moment.
Please check my sentences.
@Tufguy,
I used to get up to a lot of mischief when I was Jonathan's age, which is five.
I used to get up to a lot of mischief when I was the same age as Jonathan, who is five.
@centrox,
So we cannot say "he does a lot of mischief". We need to say "every day he gets up to a lot of mischief that gives us headache". It should always be preceded by "get up to" am I correct?
Mischief is an uncountable (mass) noun. Children do a lot of mischievous things, or "get up to" a lot of mischief. This is using mischief in the sense of harmless childish playful actions. We say 'do mischief' to mean actual deliberate harmful damage mainly by adults.
@centrox,
"Every day he gets up to a lot of mischief that gives us headache". Is this sentence correct?
Okay so we can say "children get up to a lot of mischief" but if we say "he does a lot of mischief" so it means we are talking about an adult who deliberately tries to harm other with his mischievous things. Am I correct?