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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
"Teenage daughter" or "teenaged daughter"?
Which one is more grammatically correct? I've seen it written both ways. Are they both correct?
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Yes, both are fine.
- Yes, both are fine.
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The only difference that occurs to me is that "teenage" usually has a broader meaning.
The adjective "teenage" can mean either "in one's teens" or "pertaining to/characteristic of teenagers".
But "teenaged" is in most cases limited to the meaning "in one's teens" (and this is the way I would use it).
From the British National Corpus:
teenage years - 56 resu
The adjective "teenage" can mean either "in one's teens" or "pertaining to/characteristic of teenagers".
But "teenaged" is in most cases limited to the meaning "in one's teens" (and this is the way I would use it).
From the British National Corpus:
teenage years - 56 resu
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i think "teenage daughter" is correct in form, and maybe you just have to put a dash/hyphen in the word "teen-aged" to make more grammatically correct.
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