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Taruns1008 Posted 8 years ago
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In/at the age of fourteen

#1 But in this world of human being, there is no worse nuisance than a boy in/at the age of fourteen.

Which one is correct here? For me its "in the age of fourteen". Here it's talking about period between the age of 13 and 14 years. So how one can be "at the age of fourteen". It's like one is exactly 14 years old, not a single day less or more.

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"Here it's talking about period between the age of 13 and 14 years" Then he's 13; or "13, going on 14"; or pubescent But in humankind/mankind, there is no worse nuisance than a boy when he's thirteen or fourteen/in his early teens.

  • "Here it's talking about period between the age of 13 and 14 years" Then he's 13; or "13, going on 14"; or pubescent But in humankind/mankind, there is no worse nuisance than a boy when he's thirteen or fourteen/in his early teens.
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"Here it's talking about period between the age of 13 and 14 years"

Then he's 13; or "13, going on 14"; or pubescent


But in humankind/mankind, there is no worse nuisance than a boy when he's thirteen or fourteen/in his early teens.

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taruns1008no worse nuisance than a boy in/at at the age of fourteen.
taruns1008Here it's talking about period between the age of 13 and 14 years.

You have two statements that contradict each other.

Either it's "at the age of thirteen" (between 13 and 14) or it's

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