people who are/have the same age as her.

[ph2004]

"People who are/have the same age as her." Are both correct ?

 

[corum]

"People who are/have the same age as her." Are both correct ?

1. This is not a sentence. This is a noun phrase. No capitalized letter, no period.
2. people who are the same age as her's (age)
3. people who have the same age as her
4. people who have the same age as she (has)

 

[Rover_KE]

people who are the same age as her's

is wrong and ungrammatical.

I'd say '...people who are the same age as her' or '...people of her age'.

Rover

 

[corum]

[STRIKE]her's[/STRIKE] reads hers

 

[Randombubbles]

people who are the same [age] as [her age]
people who are the same [age] as [hers]

What is the problem here?

 

[5jj]

3. people who have the same age as her
4. people who have the same age as she (has)

We don't normally 'have' an age.

 

[Randombubbles]

people who are the same [age] as [her age]
people who are the same [age] as [hers]

What is the problem here?

anybody?

 

[ph2004]

We don't normally 'have' an age.

Why not ?
For example : one can "have knowledge", "have faith". Why not have a certain age ?

 

[5jj]

Why not ?
For example : one can "have knowledge", "have faith". Why not have a certain age ?

It's just not natural English.

 

[Barb_D]

Simply because we don't say it that way in English.

You can be "of" a certain age or simply "be" a certain age, but we don't "have" an age.
Upon achieving the age of 21, she...
Once she was 21, she....
Not: Once she had 21, she... and not: Once she had 21 years, she...


This seems hard for some English learners because in at least some other languages, one "has" a certain number of years.

 

[bhaisahab]

Why not ?
For example : one can "have knowledge", "have faith". Why not have a certain age ?

Does Danish use the verb "to have" to talk about age?

 

[Rover_KE]

Does Danish use the verb "to have" to talk about age?

. . .like the French j'ai trente ans (I have 20 years).

Rover

 

[bhaisahab]

. . .like the French j'ai trente ans (I have 20 years).

Rover

I think you meant 30 years Rover.

 

[Rover_KE]

I think you meant 30 years Rover.

French is only my second language.

Rover

 

[5jj]

French is only my second language.

Is that 2nd or 3rd?