EN: age/aged 16

[Aterian]

Bonjour,​

Dans un film un journaliste dit dans le brouhaha :

Damien, age(d) 16, was arrested.

Selon vous, est-ce que c'est age 16 or aged 16 ? Je n'arrive pas à entendre correctement.

Merci.

 

[snarkhunter]

Bonjour,

Pour moi, la logique grammaticale voudrait ici "aged 16"...
Après, peut-être y a-t-il un simple problème de prononciation dans ce film.

 

[Jektor]

In official documents, such as passports or driving licences, you would see "age" as the standard word - "age:16". But in most other situations, I think you might see or hear either "age" or "aged". English is a very flexible language...

See these previous threads:
forum.wordreference.com - age-aged-18-and-older.681339
forum.wordreference.com - 27-years-of-age-aged.2678664
more...

 

[Maître Capello]

Les deux sont en effet possibles, avec des différences régionales :

• Surtout anglais américain : age 16 ↔ 16 ans d'âge, qui a un âge de 16 ans
• Surtout anglais britannique : aged 16 ↔ âgé de 16 ans

 

[Jektor]

In the examples in this link, most seem to use "aged 16" etc.
"A total of 133 children aged between 6 and 18 years of age attended.
"People aged 65 years and over suffer from a relatively high risk.
"44% of Canada's working-age population (those aged 25 to 64) had a college or university degree.
more...
linguee.com - q=age+aged
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[knuckleboom]

"Aged" is more correct, but is rapidly being replaced by "age", to the point that "aged" sounds fussy and overly formal in most circumstances (at least to my American ear). In many cases, removing the word altogether is the best option and still leaves the sentence perfectly comprehensible. Here's how I would rephrase Jektor's examples:

"A total of 133 children aged between 6 and 18 years of age attended."
(OR "A total of 133 children aged between ages 6 and 18 years of age attended.")
"People aged 65 years and over suffer from a relatively high risk."
"44% of Canada's working-age population (those aged 25 to 64) had a college or university degree."

Yes, I kept "aged" in the last example, though it could go either way. To me, "aged" sounds most natural when referring to a range.