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Qingqing Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
be of a/an age/height/size
be of a/an age/height/size...=be of the same age/height/size...= be the same age/height/size... Right?
They are both of an age.
=They are both of the same age.
=They are both the same age.
They are both of an age.
=They are both of the same age.
=They are both the same age.
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Hi, They are both of an age. =They are both of the same age. Of an age / of the same age sounds rather archaic, or at least old-fashioned.
- Hi, They are both of an age.
- =They are both of the same age.
- Of an age / of the same age sounds rather archaic, or at least old-fashioned.
- You'll normally hear They are both the same age.
- ) It's basically the same for height and size.
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Hi,
They are both of an age.
=They are both of the same age.
Of an age / of the same age sounds rather archaic, or at least old-fashioned. You'll normally hear
They are both the same age. (Actually, the word 'both' seems redundant here.)
It's basically the sam
They are both of an age.
=They are both of the same age.
Of an age / of the same age sounds rather archaic, or at least old-fashioned. You'll normally hear
They are both the same age. (Actually, the word 'both' seems redundant here.)
It's basically the sam
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I always am puzzled at phrases like "We are the same age", "You are my age" or "people my age".
It seems true a phrase like "We are of the same age" is now getting obsolete at least in the spoken English, but to me, an expression implying "persons EQUAL an age" sounds logically weird. The Oxford English Dictionary contains 4 quotes for "are of the same age" but none for "are the same ag
It seems true a phrase like "We are of the same age" is now getting obsolete at least in the spoken English, but to me, an expression implying "persons EQUAL an age" sounds logically weird. The Oxford English Dictionary contains 4 quotes for "are of the same age" but none for "are the same ag
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