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Sitifan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Old/young girl

Anna: Who's the ____ girl in the picture?

Dave: She's my sister, Rose. She's 14.

(A) old (B) young

Which option is correct?
  

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Hi, Can you think of a situation in which 14 would be considered old? Clive

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  • Hi, Can you think of a situation in which 14 would be considered old?
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Hi,

Can you think of a situation in which 14 would be considered old?

Clive
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At what age can a girl be called an old girl?

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Sitifan, u never call a girl old! Emotion: smile
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sitifanWhich option is correct?
OK. I'll bite.

(B) young

I have a feeling this isn't the real question. What's the surprise comeback you have prepared for us?

CJ
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Hi,

I looked at just a few items in your link. They were all special cases.

eg Let's discuss the old 'Girl versus Boy" question. This means the question is old, not the girl.

eg She is an old girl of ABC school. This means she is a graduate of ABC school.

I didn't say that you couldn't use the term 'old girl'. It is, for example, a rather rude wa
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sitifanPlease check out the above link and you can see many examples of "the old girl," can't you?
It might be worth your while to find out what each use of "the old girl" refers to. I noticed at least two in which the referents are old buildings, for example.

old is sometimes used as a term of endearment, and that is probably the usage in the
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What on earth does "young girl" mean? All girls are young, don't they?
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sitifanWhat on earth does "young girl" mean? All girls are young, don't aren't they?

Not necessarily. girl is sometimes used to refer to grown women by grown women. A woman of 45 might say, for example, "I'm going out to lunch with the girls next Tuesday", meaning with a group of women frie
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