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Can someone please tell if following sentence is grammatically correct or not; "This book will be beneficiary for all 15 to 65 years old people."
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The word beneficiary is not used properly in this case because the definition of the word is "a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something; one that benefits from something". The proper word would be "beneficial" instead. Personally, I would rewrite the phrase "15 to 65 years old people" as well to something that makes more grammatical sense. I have rewritten your example below to show the changes. Hope this helps!

"This book will be beneficial for all people between 15 and 65 years old."

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beneficiary
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@Katie Canedy This help me a lot.
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Harsh Soni 3 wrote: ↑16 Nov 2021, 23:02 @Katie Canedy This help me a lot.
I am glad to hear I could help. Happy writing :tiphat:
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