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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Age difference

Which of these are natural?
Each baby has a 2 month age difference.
There is a 2 month age difference between each baby.
Each baby is 2 months apart (age).

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Top answer

Anonymous There is a 2 month age difference between each baby. I would say that this is the natural way to say it.

  • Anonymous There is a 2 month age difference between each baby.
  • I would say that this is the natural way to say it.
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AnonymousThere is a 2 month age difference between each baby.
I would say that this is the natural way to say it.
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How many babies are we talking about? A two-month-old, a four-month-old, a six-month-old and an eight-month-old? If that's what you mean, it's complicated -- obviously, there's not a two month difference between the two-month-old and the eight-month-old.

I would say "There is a two-month age difference between each baby and the next oldest."

"Each baby" refers t
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Would 'apart' work in any context?

If there were 4 babies each 2 months older. Would this work : Each baby is 2 months apart agewise.

What if you were talking about 2 brothers and not 4 kids?

The 2 brothers are 2 months apart age.
There is a 2 month age difference between the brothers.

Thank you khoff
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AnonymousIf there were 4 babies each 2 months older. Would this work : Each baby is 2 months apart agewise.
No. Did you read khoff's post?
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Try this: instead of saying "each baby," say "this baby ......" Would you say "This baby is two months apart?"

"The two brothers are two months apart in age" is fine for grammar -- not so fine for the mother, unless at least one of the brothers is adopted or they are step-brothers!

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