Which is the standard expression?

[TaiwanPofLee]

Which is the standard expression?
(1) My age is six.
(2) My age is six years.
(3) My age is six years old.

 

[MikeNewYork]

The standards are:

I am six.
I am six years old.

[Cross posted with Piscean.]

 

[TaiwanPofLee]

The standard expression is ​I am six (years old).

You can omit the 'years old', but not the 'old' alone.

A: How old are you?
B: ​I am six. ​I am six years old.

A: What is your age?
B: ?.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Taiwan, you can ask the question any way you want, but the answer will be unlikely to change.

 

[TaiwanPofLee]

But, in the case that one needs or wants to begin one's reply with "My age is", which of the three expressions is correct or standard?

 

[TaiwanPofLee]

We don't normally feel such a need.

I heard people say:

My age is over 18

.
My age is over 18

years.​

My age is over 18

years old.​

 

[engee30]

I would've thought that's another fine way of talking about your age.
He told us that her age was forty-eight or thereabouts. (Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary © 2003 HarperCollins Publishers)

 

[tedmc]

I think I know what OP has in mind.

Q. What is your name?
A. My name is TaiwanPofLee.

Q. What is your age
A. My age is six (years). - but this is not how people normally answer.

People would just say : Six/I am six/I am six years old.

 

[JMurray]

not a teacher

Just to go back to your original question, Taiwan. You asked which of your examples is the standard expression. As others have pointed out, native speakers do not normally use this form and so none of the examples is truly standard.
This also applies to your examples in post #9. The most common form is "I'm over 18". You might hear "I'm over 18 years old" or "I'm over 18 years of age", but it would be uncommon for someone to feel the need to give that extra information.

 

[Barb_D]

First, I am in COMPLETE agreement with the other posters that even if you are asked "What is your age?" you will reply "Six/I'm six/I'm six years old" not "My age is six."

We don't always echo the phrasing of the question:
How tall are you? I'm five-foot, four.
What is your height: I'm five-foot, four. (not "My height is five feet and four inches.")


However, you will hear phrasing like this: Anyone over the age of 17 will likely remember September 11, 2001.
or "By the age of four, children have a sense of empathy" or "By four years of age, ... "

It's not that we never use the word "age." We just don't use it as you have suggested we do.

 

[Eckaslike]

The only phrase of this type that I can think of which includes the word "age" is the less commonly used:

"I am six years of age.".

I'm not sure if it is regional, but I'm sure it is much less frequently seen or heard than the other examples which have already been provided.

 

[TaiwanPofLee]

Thank you all for your responses.

I know that, in talking about the ​period of ​time someone has been ​alive, the most common and frequently used expressions are "How old are you?", "I'm six.", etc.
My question is: Which is standard, or correct, among such expressions as "My age is six.", "My age is six years.", and "My age is six years old."? (My personal choice is the second expression.)

 

[Marco_BR]

I also learned that the correct is "I am six years old."

 

[Rover_KE]

Marco, please click here and read post #5.

 

[TaiwanPofLee]

My question expressions are not about natural and common expressions of asking and telling about a person's age, nor are they necessarily meant to be replies to such (spoken) interrogatives as "How old are you?", "What is your age?", etc. They can also be personal introductory statements, such as in "Am i fat? My height is 172.5cm, i weigh 70.5kg and my age is 14." and "Hi, my age is 33, my height is 5.11 ft. & my weight is around 114 kgs. How can i reduce it at the earliest?"

Which of my question expressions have you, my dear speakers of North American and British English, heard and/or read and accepted as correct/standard? I personally prefer "My age is six years." ("My age is N." is ok in most occasions.)

 

[Rover_KE]

I'm closing this thread before we all lose the will to live.