Sunday, May 1, 2016

word order - Can I omit part of the sentence 'age of'?


Sentence:



She got married at the age of 30



Question:



Can I omit the part of the sentence "the age of"?



She got married at 30




Answer



Usually when a number, without other context, is associated with a person it is generally understood to be their age



My son is almost 8.
my son is almost 8 years old


He graduated when he was 18.

he graduated when he was 18 years old


She got married at 30.
she was 30 years old when she got married


He died at 26.
he died at 26 years of age



No comments:

Post a Comment

Simple past, Present perfect Past perfect

Can you tell me which form of the following sentences is the correct one please? Imagine two friends discussing the gym... I was in a good s...