I can't understand its meaning
Hi everybody.I can't understand the meaning of this sentence:
"In 80% of cases, symptoms present before the child is 18 years old."
Is this my problem?Doesn't it have any problem?Oh!Sorry guys.
It was another misunderstanding.Of course it's a very simple sentence.But I read it four or five times and I didn't get its meaning.Maybe because of the previous sentences which were about another aspects.
Thanks a lot.

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I can't understand its meaning
Hi everybody.I can't understand the meaning of this sentence:
"In 80% of cases, symptoms present before the child is 18 years old."
Is this my problem?Doesn't it have any problem?Oh!Sorry guys.
It was another misunderstanding.Of course it's a very simple sentence.But I read it four or five times and I didn't get its meaning.Maybe because of the previous sentences which were about another aspects.
Thanks a lot.

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Hi. this means that before a person reaches the age of 18,  symptoms of the problem or disease begin to appear. That is 80% of cases only. Example, there are 100 people with the same problem or disease, only 80 persons ( in the same group) shall show a sign that they have the problem / disease.. ok?  from marie_esantos@yahoo.com

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symptoms = subject
present /prɪˈzent/ = verb
symptoms present = symptoms appear

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I agree with marie e. santos.It indicate that the situation is very serious.

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Eliot's right, you need to read "present" as a verb. You'd guess this from the word-order, ie. "symptoms" is a plural noun, so a verb should follow very soon.

"In 80% of cases, symptoms present (themselves) before the child is 18 years old."

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