[Grammar] other people her age

[Maybo]

The fact that Rhodope is an eccentric allows her to fly kites in the park while other people her age attend unversity.

while other people her age attend unversity
I don't understand the sentence structure. Does it mean while other people in her age attend university?


The Tick-Tock Man

https://books.google.com.hk/books?i...ved=0ahUKEwiWtvLyvsfXAhWKbbwKHdyAChcQ6AEIJTAA

 

[emsr2d2]

"other people her age" = "other people who are the same age as her".

 

[Maybo]

What's the difference if I say "other people of her age"?

 

[emsr2d2]

There would be no difference in meaning but the original is more common in BrE. You'll just have used an extra word which doesn't really need to be there.

 

[Phaedrus]

The original is more common in AmE, too, and there would be no difference of meaning with "of" added.

I've been thinking about this post, which I saw last night, and the conclusion I've come to is that "of" is deleted.

That would explain why we can have "She met someone her own age" but not, e.g.,*[strike]She met someone a professor.[/strike]

 

[Matthew Wai]

I thought of another example where a preposition is not needed before 'someone's age'.

'When I was your age ...'