He is a boy of three years of age.

[Barman]

Are the following sentences correct?

1 ) He is a boy of three years of age.

2 ) He is a boy three years old.

3 ) He is a boy of three years old.

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: Confusion of constructions

Are the following sentences correct?

1 ) He is a boy of three years of age. :tick: but not natural.

2 ) He is a boy three years old. :cross:

3 ) He is a boy of three years old. :cross:

As you can see above, only #1 is grammatically correct but we wouldn't use it.

He is a three-year-old boy.

 

[Rover_KE]

Please note that I have changed your thread title.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[tedmc]

He is a three-year-old boy.

He is a boy (no of) three years of age.

 

[GoesStation]

He is a three-year-old boy.:tick:

He is a boy (no of) three years of age.:cross:

X

 

[tedmc]

What if there is a comma after boy?

He is a boy aged three.

 

[Rover_KE]

Keanu, please read this extract from the forum's Posting Guidelines:

You are welcome to answer questions posted in the Ask a Teacher forum as long as your suggestions, help, and advice reflect a good understanding of the English language. If you are not a teacher, you will need to state that clearly in your post. Please note, all posts are moderated by our in-house language experts, so make sure your suggestions, help, and advice provide the kind of information an international language teacher would offer. If not, and your posts do not contribute to the topic in a positive way, they will be subject to deletion.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Bruh. My profile clearly states "interested in language" not "English teacher."

You can add it to your signature line, as you can see in mine below.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Are the following sentences correct?

1 ) He is a boy of three years of age.

2 ) He is a boy three years old.

3 ) He is a boy of three years old.

None of those is natural.

Since you start with "He," you don't need to say "boy." It's redundant and wordy. We're more likely to say:

- He's three.
- He's a three-year-old.
- He's three years old.

 

[Rover_KE]

Bruh. My profile clearly states "interested in language" not "English teacher."

I'm not your bruh, and we generally find that most new members are keen to spend some time—months rather than days—acquainting themselves with the way the forum operates before trying to change our rules and guidelines.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

That's dreadfully burdensome.

Poor you!

You can also type I'm not a teacher at the beginning or end of your posts.

Students don't usually go to our profiles to find out if we're teachers.

 

[Tarheel]

It's not that hard. (But I am pretty sure I have forgotten how to do it.)

 

[GoesStation]

Keanu (not to be confused with the two-N Keannu) is no longer with us.

 

[PeterCW]

In most contexts saying of age can sound a little old fashioned to a native BrE speaker regardless of grammar.