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whose age

English translation: Neither of the above

20:24 Sep 17, 2004
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Anthropology
English term or phrase: whose age
Sorry if I ask about grammar here.
Which one is correct?
1) ... whose age is 15 and residing at
2). ... whose age is 15 and resides at
adda
Selected answer:Neither of the above
Explanation:
It's difficult to be too specific without context, but both of your formulations suggest that it is the age, not the young person, who is residing at wherever.

To get around this, there are a couple of options at least:

(1) who is 15 years old and (who) resides at....
(2) whose age is 15 and who resides at ...

Cheers,
Richard.
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Richard Benham
France
Local time: 22:13
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4 +11Neither of the above
Richard Benham
4 +4Bob Smith, whose age is 15 and who resides at ...
Kim Metzger


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
Neither of the above


Explanation:
It's difficult to be too specific without context, but both of your formulations suggest that it is the age, not the young person, who is residing at wherever.

To get around this, there are a couple of options at least:

(1) who is 15 years old and (who) resides at....
(2) whose age is 15 and who resides at ...

Cheers,
Richard.

Richard Benham
France
Local time: 22:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rutie Eckdish: Well explained!
3 mins
  -> Thanks.
agree  Martine Brault: Personnally, I prefer option 1, with only one "who".
3 mins
  -> Thanks. It's probably best, but I wanted to show the possibilities.
agree  RHELLER: I would take option a or even X is 15 and resides at (in the U.S we always. try to shorten everything)-gee, I hope it's curable :-)
5 mins
  -> Thanks. That's OK, but then you would probably need another clause: X is 15 , resides at Woop Woop, and is suffering from elephantiasis.//Oops! I thought this was medical! That was the first disease I could remember how to spell!
agree  Tegan Raleigh: I'd go with "who is 15 years old and resides at"
6 mins
  -> See my response to Traviata.
disagree  Alfa Trans (X): This does not answer adda's question...
27 mins
  -> Yes it does. The question was "Which of these is correct"; the answer is "Neither is correct".
agree  James Calder: Right again, Richard. That's all I seem to do on KudoZ these days - say how right you are.
1 hr
  -> I appreciate your support, James.
agree  Deborah Workman
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Deborah.
agree  Montefiore: second version provides a direct answer to the question
8 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Ernesto de Lara: Very neat!
17 hrs
  -> Thanks Ernesto.
agree  NancyLynn
20 hrs
  -> Thanks, Nancy.
agree  Ramesh Madhavan: It makes life simpler to say ".....age 15, residing at........."
3 days 13 hrs
  -> zThanks. ..."aged 15, residing..." might be even better.
agree  perke
6 days
  -> Thanks perke.
agree  Java Cafe
32 days
  -> I asked my local shopkeeper why he had stopped stocking Java coffee. He explained that it was a waste of time restocking the display as it only got emptied again straight away! Very inconsiderate these customers, actually buying his merchandise!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Bob Smith, whose age is 15 and who resides at ...


Explanation:
Please do ask about grammar here. That's what English monolingual is about.

Which one is correct?
Bob Smith, whose age is 15 and who resides at

1) ... whose age is 15 and residing at
2). ... whose age is 15 and resides at

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 14:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Benham: This is one of my alternatives. (Another possibility would be "Bob Smith, aged 15 and residing at...".
2 mins
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
35 mins
agree  airmailrpl: -
11 hrs
agree  Java Cafe
32 days
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