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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

ages four and six.

0 From VOA news, I read a piece of news and saw such a sentence:02br
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01i00The fifty-year-old former Navy sailor was waiting for a subway train in Harlem. He was with his two young daughters, 01b01font00ages four and six02font02b02i00. 02br
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00 The meanings is that the two daughters are 4-year and 6-year old respectively. The saying " 01b01font00ages four and six02font02b00" how is the grammar status of the "01b01font00ages02font02b00" Thanks!! --Zhao0-
  

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0 Hi,02br 02br 01font 00From VOA news, I read a piece of news and saw such a sentence:02font 02br 02br 01font 00 01i 00The fifty-year-old former Navy sailor was waiting for a subway train in Harlem. He was with his two young daughters, 01b 00ages four and six02b 02i 00. 02font 02br 02br 01font 00 The meanings is that the two daughters are 4-year and 6-year old respectively.

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  • 0 Hi,02br 02br 01font 00From VOA news, I read a piece of news and saw such a sentence:02font 02br 02br 01font 00 01i 00The fifty-year-old former Navy sailor was waiting for a subway train in Harlem.
  • He was with his two young daughters, 01b 00ages four and six02b 02i 00.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00 The meanings is that the two daughters are 4-year and 6-year old respectively.
  • The saying " 01b 00ages four and six02b 00" how is the grammar status of the "01b 00ages02b 00" 02font 02br 02br 01font 00It's a noun.
  • However, '01i 01b 00ages02b 02i 00 four and six' is not really a grammatically correct phrase here.
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0 Hi,02br
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01font00From VOA news, I read a piece of news and saw such a sentence:02font02br
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01font00 01i00The fifty-year-old former Navy sailor was waiting for a subway train in Harlem. He was with his two young daughters, 01b00ages four and six02b02
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