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Old 17-Nov-2004, 21:58
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......speaks fluently German, English, Fench and with basic knowledge in Japanese, age 57 (or aged 57)........ Which is correct age or aged.
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Old 17-Nov-2004, 22:22
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Old 18-Nov-2004, 02:32
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......speaks fluently German, English, Fench and with basic knowledge in Japanese, age 57 (or aged 57)........ Which is correct age or aged.
Thanks a lot.

Greetings

Rudolf
Age is correct.

However, you should try to find a way to leave the word out of the sentence. It's a little unconventional to actually have that construct in a sentence. Normally people stick to "57 year-old" or "He's 57". Is that a line from a resumé? It sounds like it, anyways.

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Old 18-Nov-2004, 09:44
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There's nothing wrong with saying 'aged 57', and it makes more sense grammatically, but 'age 57' is probably more common now.
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There's nothing wrong with saying 'aged 57', and it makes more sense grammatically, but 'age 57' is probably more common now.
I agree with you that it's grammatically correct. I was merely speaking from a colloquial perspective. No one walks down the street and says "oh hey did you like my friend? He's age 23"

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There's nothing wrong with saying 'aged 57', and it makes more sense grammatically, but 'age 57' is probably more common now.
I concur.
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I concur.
Cas, don't you think it looks like something straight from the personals?
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