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Years versus Age #1 (permalink) Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:42 am   Years versus Age		  
These 2 sentences are both correct and both have the same meaning?

a.She is 20 years old.
b.She is 20 years of age.

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Age #2 (permalink) Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:47 am   Age		  
Hi,

(b) sounds a bit formal but is all right. I'll go for (a)

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