2.19.2008

Age

1) use of be

We most often talk about people's ages with be+ number.

He is thirty, (not Hc has thirty=) or be + number + years old (more formal... of age).

He is thirty years old/of age (not ... thirty-years.)

We ask How old are you?, not normally What is your age?

2) be +... age

Note the structure be+ ... age (without a preposition).

When I was your age I was working, (not Whcn-twas at your age...) The two boys are the same age. She's the same age as me.

3) prepositions

In other structures, at is common before age.

He could read at the age of three

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