maoyueh
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- May 28, 2011
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- Retired English Teacher
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- Taiwan
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Let's see the idiom 'attain/reach legal age'. If 'age' is followed by 'of', there is often an article 'the' before 'legal', for example, 'reach the legal age of adulthood.'
My question is, if 'age' is not followed by 'of', do I still have to put 'the' before 'legal'?
In the sentence below, which is correct, A or B, or which one is more correct? Thank you a lot.
"Seeing that your daughter has reached 'A. legal B. the legal' age, I don't know how you can stop her from marrying me."
My question is, if 'age' is not followed by 'of', do I still have to put 'the' before 'legal'?
In the sentence below, which is correct, A or B, or which one is more correct? Thank you a lot.
"Seeing that your daughter has reached 'A. legal B. the legal' age, I don't know how you can stop her from marrying me."