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The boy is of age 11. I'm of age 20. Now, when talking about age alone, age is a noun and [age 11] is a noun phrase. In the case of your examples, [college aged students] and [college age students] represent two different cases of noun modification. [College aged] is clearly an adjectival phrase. [College age] is clearly a noun phrase.
May 20, 2018 · From the age of twenty to the age of forty, Bessemer lived the life of a journeyman inventor. The law also imposed penalties on orbi, that is, married persons who had no children (qui liberos non habent, Gaius, ii.111) from the age of twenty-five to sixty in a man, and from the age of twenty to fifty in a woman.
Sep 21, 2016 · Apparently though, based on Google Trends, the phrase older age is more popular than higher age. Older age is quite popular in the UK, US, Australia, India, Canada and South Africa. Whilst higher age is merely used in the UK, US and India. Therefore, my conclusion is: older patients is better to use than patients of older age than patients of ...
The only difference is in register: they're both equally valid in professional writing. 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.
Mar 8, 2017 · "1 year of age" is less likely than is "1 year old" to be interpreted as referring to something other than chronological age, and is likely to weather the evolution of language better. In normal conversation, though, "1 year old" would be the typical expression (with the possible exception of someone like a lawyer, for whom the use of precise language is ingrained).
Apr 15, 2013 · E.g, I've known him for ages/years/a long time vs ungrammatical *I have seen him in ages/weeks/months/years/a coon's age/donkey's years. – John Lawler Commented Apr 15, 2013 at 20:22
Jun 6, 2014 · What are the age group names for each increment of a decade,starting from 0 and up? i.e. Octogenarian or teenager ?? Thanks
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). I also considered but rejected "pre-pubescent", which also technically fits, but is more focused on a child's level of sexual maturity, which is irrelevant to the situation I'm trying to describe.
Nov 20, 2017 · As reported by the Oxford Living Dictionaries (and similarly by the copy of the New Oxford American English that was installed on my Mac Mini) yr. is an English abbreviation, but it could be both the abbreviation of year or years, while yrs. is the abbreviation for years or yours.
Jun 8, 2015 · In order to reach old age, you must once have had to be young. The 'tragedy' referred to, is that in old age, we remember only too well what we were in our youth - young, agile, and smooth-skinned. You cannot be old without having first been young, I'm pretty sure Oscar Wilde appreciated the beauty of youth, and its loss in old age.
