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- meaning - What is the difference between aged and age? - English . . .
Here, "age" is being used as a noun in the same way that his brown hair and blue eyes are The fact that the description is so clipped, so fragmented gives one the impression that this description comes from a police report
- at the age of vs at age - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Writing “at the age of five” is more formal, while “at age five” is more technical or direct Modern and effective language tends towards brevity, so the second wins in that sense
- grammar - Sentence structure of At what age - English Language . . .
What age were you able to start reading successfully to a baby at? Which is grammatical, but is also a great example of stranding a preposition at the end of the sentence
- vocabulary - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I considered that "pre-teen" technically fits that age range, but to me, that term strongly implies a child in the 10-12 range (just before they hit 13 and become a teenager)
- grammatical number - Is an apostrophe with a decade (e. g. the 1920’s . . .
And as anyone who got A’s in chemistry (or knows their Agatha Christie) might tell you, sometimes an apostrophe can spell the difference between a letter grade and a poison ” Consider that many grammar school age children are still being taught the way people were taught in the 1800's There are still new books instructing this way
- phrases - What is the correct use of at the age of or similar for . . .
Recently, for a scientific publication, I wrote something like the following: The sample consisted of all students at the age of 13 years or older However, I received this back from the language
- Correct hyphenation of age groups (18-25-year-olds 18- to 25-year . . .
Thank you for anyone that can give their opinion or cite a source to confirm things Also, what other ways of writing about different age groups are there? people who are 18-25 years old people aged 18 to 25 those aged 18-25 people 18-25 years of age people 18 to 25 years old the 18-25 age group Any other variations you can suggest? Thanks in
- 1 year old vs. 1 year of age - is one of them the correct form?
Under 1 year of age marks a specific upper limit that is reached on the child's first birthday On the other hand, you might refer to a child as " 1 year old " at any time between the child's first second birthdays
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