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year olds vs years old

Both "year olds" and "years old" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Year olds" is used to refer to the age of a group of people, while "years old" is used to describe the age of an individual.

Last updated: March 20, 2024 • 1208 views

year olds

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to the age of a group of people.

Use "year olds" when referring to the age of a group of people. For example, "The party was attended by a group of five-year-olds."

Examples:

The playground is full of three-year-olds playing.
The kindergarten class is made up of four-year-olds.
The museum offers special activities for six-year-olds.
The daycare center caters to one-year-olds.
The school bus is full of eight-year-olds.

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Alternatives:

children of three years old
kids who are four years old
six-year-old students
toddlers aged one year
eight-year-old students

years old

This phrase is correct and commonly used to describe the age of an individual.

Use "years old" when describing the age of a single person. For example, "She is five years old."

Examples:

My daughter is two years old.
He is ten years old.
The puppy is only six months old.
She will be three years old next month.
The tree is over a hundred years old.

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She's not 6 years old.
But I won't, because I'm 80 years old.
That means American democracy is really 93 years old.
Limited availability for students under 18 years old.
Most registered patients were over 40 years old.
After all, you're 82 years old.
They had written on the card that I was eight years old.
Charlotte - she was about 12 years old.
Scotch. Never less than 12 years old.
The character of Byron is 25 years old.
I was in Kansai before 5 years old.
Your pet Yoshiro is three years old today.
Female donor, 26 years old.
Please, she's only four years old.
So, either this guy is a hundred years old...
About 26 or 27 years old, from a distinguished family and school.
There's no information on Devereaux that's over three years old.
John Densmore, percussionist, 22 years old.
Not if you were 1 00 years old.
Four years old, a little girl.

Alternatives:

two years of age
ten years of age
six months old
almost three years old
more than a hundred years old

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