age/aged 18 and older {{ AE/BE difference }}

sus4

sus4

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Japan - Japanese
Hello,

Which is correct here, age or aged? I have seen both on the Internet, and I'm not sure which to use.

"All citizens age/aged 18 and older have voting privileges..."

Thank you.
 
    • It should be "aged".

    Can you provide us with an example of where "age" is used? Because I would almost always expect "aged" to be correct.
     
    I think both sound right. (That doesn't mean they are right, just that they both sound ok to me.)
     
    nzseries1 said:
    It should be "aged".

    Can you provide us with an example of where "age" is used? Because I would almost always expect "aged" to be correct.
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    It's fairly common in the U.S. to see "age 18". I can't say that it's correct, but it's typical in governmental regulations and other documents.

    See the following:

    http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GFRC_enUS207US208&q=%22age+18+or+older%22

    Although a search on Google UK shows 2,800 hits for "aged 18 or older", a search for "age 18 or older" shows a significant number of hits as well:

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q="age+18+or+older"&meta=cr=countryUK|countryGB
     
    I appreciate your comments. So, is it fair to say "aged" is the one that is grammatically correct (in a strict sense), while "age" is commonly used in the U.S.?
     
    sus4 said:
    I appreciate your comments. So, is it fair to say "aged" is the one that is grammatically correct (in a strict sense), while "age" is commonly used in the U.S.?
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    I don't think anyone yet has offered any information to establish "aged 18" is actually correct. We're still missing that piece of information. I think it would be fair to say that there's evidence that both are acceptable and both are in use.

    "Aged" has a separate meaning with regard to foodstuffs such as cheese and wine. "Aged in the barrel 5 years" means that it was stored in the barrel for five years and allowed to mature. I suppose one could think of people as being "aged" in life, but "age 18" sounds more natural to me. We are talking about people who are a certain age or older, not people who have undergone some process of fermentation. :) In any case, I'd have no problem with either, but I'd prefer "age 18 or older."
     
    JamesM said:
    I don't think anyone yet has offered any information to establish "aged 18" is actually correct. We're still missing that piece of information. I think it would be fair to say that there's evidence that both are acceptable and both are in use.
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    Agreed. It definitely seems that both are in common use, and I can see why both might be correct, but there must be regional differences.
     
    JamesM said:
    I don't think anyone yet has offered any information to establish "aged 18" is actually correct. We're still missing that piece of information. I think it would be fair to say that there's evidence that both are acceptable and both are in use.

    "Aged" has a separate meaning with regard to foodstuffs such as cheese and wine. "Aged in the barrel 5 years" means that it was stored in the barrel for five years and allowed to mature. I suppose one could think of people as being "aged" in life, but "age 18" sounds more natural to me. We are talking about people who are a certain age or older, not people who have undergone some process of fermentation. :) In any case, I'd have no problem with either, but I'd prefer "age 18 or older."
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    Actually, "age 18" sounds natural to me too. In addition to the first comment by nzseries1, one of the online dictionaries I looked up lists a lot of example sentences using "aged..." and few using "age...," so I kind of rushed into the conclusion. It seems like both are acceptable and widely in use. Thank you for your help.
     
    sus4 said:
    Hello,

    Which is correct here, age or aged? I have seen both on the Internet, and I'm not sure which to use.

    "All citizens age/aged 18 and older have voting privileges..."

    Thank you.
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    aged is an adjective, isn't it? Is age a noun?
     
    It's worth a second or third thought.
    All citizens age 18 and older...

    First thought, it ought to be "... aged 18 ...".

    Second thought, based on examples of both in context (see age 18 and aged 18 for current media examples): both forms are used.

    Third thought. Looking at the BNC and COCA, there is a strong preference for "aged 18" in the BNC, the opposite in the COCA.
    The counts for age/aged are 9/84 and 492/107 respectively.
    That suggests a marked AE/BE difference in usage.

    (I tried to take into account the different ways "age 18" might be used while forming this impression.)

    BNC - British National Corpus
    COCA - Corpus of Contemporary American English
     
    Moderator note: this thread has been merged with an earlier one. Nat

    the admission fee for children age 7 to 12

    age
    ages
    aged

    which is the most suitable one?

    Thank you for your help. :)
     
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    I would use "aged," <link removed>.
    Definitely not "ages."

    <Thank you, Copyright. The threads have been merged.>
     
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    nnyy said:
    Moderator note: this thread has been merged with an earlier one. Nat

    the admission fee for children age 7 to 12

    age
    ages
    aged

    which is the most suitable one?

    Thank you for your help. :)
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    I prefer "children (of) ages 7 through 12". I would also accept "children aged 7 to 12", but "children age 7 to 12" sounds wrong to me.
     
    [[Moderator note. February 2018 thread has been added from here. ]]



    Hello, everyone !
    Let me ask you a question.
    In expressing people who are fifty years old or more, which is right, 'people age fifty and older' or 'people aged fifty and older' ?

    A couple of days ago, reading a book, I found this sentence.
    It is estimated that people age fifty and older spend about 48 percent of consumer dollars.
     
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    I think in the US we tend to think of it as being "age fifty" rather "than "aged fifty," although when spoken aloud the "d" in "aged" would tend to be inaudible anyway.

    << Mod Note: Thank you for the link. The 2018 posts have now been added. panj>>
     
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