Today’s English
July 30th, 2017
Have you heard about the phrases -Generation X, Generation Y and Generation Z? The first one refers to people born in 1960s and 1970s, the next one stands for people born in 1980s and 1990s and the last one, those born after 2001, also known as Silent Generation or Generation Me since they always get engaged to mobiles, computers and the internet.
1. Do you belong to Generation X or Y?
2. Only people of Generation Me can understand my feelings.
What do you generally mean by “generation”? It’s defined as a period of 25 to 30 years of time during which almost(?) all human babies turn into adults and have their own babies. It also denotes people living about the same age in the same society or family.
1. For future generations, let’s preserve nature and culture which nurture us.
2. You can’t say any cock and bull stories to the younger generation who will immediately verify it online.
Because of different experiences, habits, opinions and behaviour, younger generation and elder generation often find them in a tug of war and this is what we say “generation gap".
1. It’s generation gap that my grand mother never allowed me to wear this kind of dress.
2. Any one who bridges the generation gap is a successful person in his or her own field.
Similarly if something runs in your family, it means that many members of your have it -May be a disease, nature, inborn talent, etc. The term “pedigree" is used when you talk about a person’s family history, heritage, status, etc.
1. We inherited not only our father’s property but also diabetes that runs in most of the members of my family.
2. He seems to come from an aristocratic pedigree.
3. I’m greatly indebted to my forefathers for my interest in literature that runs in the family.
“Parenthood...It's about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last.”
- Peter Krause
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