[Grammar] On their age/ their age.

[saloom2]

hello everyone,


That part in English really is confusing me. I want to say

when children are at school, they always get to know children on their age/ their age.

I know it's the latter, but why so?

 

[Gillnetter]

hello everyone,


That part in English really is confusing me. I want to say

when children are at school, they always get to know children on their age/ their age.

I know it's the latter, but why so?

I was on a bus. I was on the beach. I was on the train. I was standing on the street. How would "on" work in reference to age?

 

[saloom2]

So, Their age without any preposition. Right?

 

[Rover_KE]

It's more natural to say '...they get to know other children of their own age'.

We do use the construction [pronoun]+'age', but like this:

A: 'I met Bob Downe today. How old will he be?'

B: 'He's my age; we went to school together.'

Rover

 

[emsr2d2]

So, "their age" without any preposition. Right?

I would prefer "their own age" meaning "the same age as them".

I can't think of any expressions to do with age which take "on", other than perhaps "on his sixtieth birthday" but there the preposition refers to the date.