"children ages 6 to 18"?

[IvanV]

I have nothing to add!
You're most welcome!

[Soup]

In this example, I think it refers to the children aged 6 and 8 only but not the children aged 7. I look forward to learning your comments. Thank you!

You missed the word "between" the ages of 6 and 18.

[Soup]

If my memory serves me right, our teacher taught us the difference between 'among' and 'between' as below.

#1 She is tallest among the three girls.

#2 She is tallest between the three girls.

Since 'between' can be applied to more than 2 people or things, I am wondering whether my teacher was wrong or not. Thank you!

I agree with the (un)grammaticallity judgements made of the two sample sentences above.

Back to the topic, between the ages 6 and 18, meaning between two ages, two numbers, and all the numbers between those two goal posts, if you will.

[thedaffodils]

Soup,

Thank you! I think I understood the points now.

[thedaffodils]

It could be elliptical, ... children [ranging in] ages ... .

Hello Soup,

I am wondering what the difference between 'being elliptical' and 'grammatically wrong' is.

e.g. Here's a picture (of) my father.

If I remove 'of' from the example I gave above, I think it is wrong grammatically. But now, I would ague, 'no wrong, it is elliptical.'

Any suggestion? Thank you!

[tedtmc]

Yes thedaffodils, if you happen to leave out word(s) in English, you can always say that it's meant to be elliptical.

I think I understood the points now

It's understand, dear.

[thedaffodils]

Yes thedaffodils, if you happen to leave out word(s) in English, you can always say that it's meant to be elliptical.


It's understand, dear.

Hello Tedtmc,

Thank you very much for your comment and correction.

[Soup]

Hello Soup,

I am wondering what the difference between 'being elliptical' and 'grammatically wrong' is.

Ex: Here's a picture (of) my father.

Omitting of renders the sentence ungrammatical. The reason being, it reads like a fragment:

Ex: Here's a picture my father ... ;i.e., took last year.

Ellipsis: Here's a picture (that) my father ...

[Soup]

Yes thedaffodils, if you happen to leave out word(s) in English, you can always say that it's meant to be elliptical.


It's understand, dear.

It could also be I think I have understood ...

[thedaffodils]

It could also be I think I have understood ...

Soup, thank you. I have understood about the tense.