Being a teenager, I had no worries.
As a teenager, I had no worries.
Which is the correct sentence?
Thanks.
As a teenager, I had no worries.
Which is the correct sentence?
Thanks.
Thanks.They are both OK. The first is a bit clunky.
They have different meanings:Being a teenager, I had no worries.
As a teenager, I had no worries.
Which is the correct sentence?
Thanks.
Or "when I was a teenager...."As a teenager, I had no worries - From my position as a teenager I had no worries (but, of course, from other points of view..?)
You are slicing the salami very thin, here. As I read you, you seem to be saying 1) a) that the first ("being") asserts a causal connection, while b) the second, simply correspondence or parallelism. Further, you seem to say 2) that the second allows, leaves open, other points of view.They have different meanings:
Being a teenager, I had no worries - Because I was a teenager I had no worries.
As a teenager, I had no worries - From my position as a teenager I had no worries (but, of course, from other points of view..?)
Yes, causal versus parallel. I recognize that in the first part of my post; the similarity to absolute constructions which have the same duality {The war being over...}.Being a teenager, I had no worries - Because I was a teenager, I had no worries. Teenagers don't have worries in general.
As a teenager, I had no worries - When I was a teenager, I had no worries. I was without worries during those years when I was a teenager, not necessarily because I was a teenager.
I think the second, 2) is closer to what you want. As a teen-ager you were, in one repect, not worried about health. But as a person with a new, puzzling symptom, you were worried and concerned.Hello, Loob.
Below is more context.
As a teenager, I had no worries about injuries, such as a bruise or a badly injured knee or my health, until last year - in 2018.
Last year, after my school’s annual sports carnival, I went home to take a shower. While showering, I realised that there was a bruise on my breast. I pressed on it to ensure that the injury was not serious. To my surprise, I felt a lump. However, I did not give it much thought and assumed that it was just a regular cyst. After a few days, the lump did not go away; instead, it moved from one position to another from time to time, and it changed in size, too. As I started to get anxious about this, my mother and I made an appointment to see a doctor at the hospital to get this checked.
Thanks for this, Elaine.Hello, Loob.
Below is more context.
As a teenager, I had no worries about injuries, such as a bruise or a badly injured knee or my health, until last year - in 2018.
Last year, after my school’s annual sports carnival, I went home to take a shower. While showering, I realised that there was a bruise on my breast. I pressed on it to ensure that the injury was not serious. To my surprise, I felt a lump. However, I did not give it much thought and assumed that it was just a regular cyst. After a few days, the lump did not go away; instead, it moved from one position to another from time to time, and it changed in size, too. As I started to get anxious about this, my mother and I made an appointment to see a doctor at the hospital to get this checked.
I think this is an excellent suggestion.I think that in your sentence I would just write "I'm a teenager, and I ...".