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Hasibul Alam Posted 8 years ago
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When do wae use "by a (young) age"?

when do wae use "by a (young) age"?

  

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I'm not sure why you have put the word "young" in brackets. We can use the phrase "by a young age" when someone has achieved or developed something early in their life. Here are a couple of random examples that I found with Google search: He had learned all the plants in the hedgerow by a young age.

  • I'm not sure why you have put the word "young" in brackets.
  • We can use the phrase "by a young age" when someone has achieved or developed something early in their life.
  • Here are a couple of random examples that I found with Google search: He had learned all the plants in the hedgerow by a young age.
  • By a young age, Cristiano was not only a talented footballer, he was entrenched in the left-wing views of the city.
  • "by a young age" conveys the idea of something developing over time, and reaching fruition, whereas "at a young age" refers to something happening at one point in time.
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I'm not sure why you have put the word "young" in brackets. We can use the phrase "by a young age" when someone has achieved or developed something early in their life. Here are a couple of random examples that I found with Google search:

He had learned all the plants in the hedgerow by a young age.
By a young age, Cristiano was not only a talented footballer, he was entren

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