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I used to do a lot of mischieves when I was Jonathan's age. Who is five at the moment.

 
 
Tufguy
 
Reply 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.
 
centrox
 
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Reply Sat 24 Jun, 2017 01:26 am
@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.
Tufguy
 
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Reply Sun 25 Jun, 2017 12:39 am
@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?
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centrox
 
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Reply Sun 25 Jun, 2017 12:53 am
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.
Tufguy
 
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Reply Sun 25 Jun, 2017 11:51 pm
@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?
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