"Younger" or "young"?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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  1. When I was younger, I could run 10 miles a day.
  2. When I was young, I could run 10 miles a day.

Some people feel that No. 1 implies that I am getting older.
Some people feel that No. 2 implies that I am old right now.

Do you agree?

If you don’t, which one do you feel is the grammatically correct sentence?

Thank you

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They’re both grammatically correct, James.

In sentence 1, ‘younger’ simply means ‘younger than I am now’. I suppose I wouldn’t expect this sentence from someone younger than approximately 25 or 30.

Sentence 2 refers to the speaker’s youth or youthfulness. To me, the speaker could be just about any age beyond the teenage years. It’s rather subjective, though, and depends quite a bit on what the speaker thinks qualifies as ‘young’.

That’s the way I see them.

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[size=75]“Youth is wasted on the young.” ~ George Bernard Shaw[/size]

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Thank you very much, ESL Expert.