EN: it is ages since / it has been ages since - WordReference Forums
网页2009年6月12日 · 1. I saw you ages ago. 2. For ages I have not seen you. 3. Now I look back at the ages that have passed without seeing you. 4. The time interval in question remains "ages" forever, just as it is and will always be three days that Paul was without sight, for example. I would say any of the following: I have not seen you in ages. I have not seen ...
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网页2021年1月27日 · SSBE (Standard Southern British English) Jan 27, 2021. #5. 'At any age' is a correct expression, but we would not use it in that context. 'At any age' refers to an individual's stage of life (childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age) and it tends to be used more in, for example, medical contexts: Cardiovascular disease can strike at any age.
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网页English - Australia. May 3, 2009. #2. The second is correct. or 'It's been ages since we last spoke' might be better. the only time I'd use the first would be to refer to something happening in the future, like 'when's the test?' - 'it's ages away, don't worry about it'.
between the [age/ages] of 7-13 - WordReference Forums
网页2012年5月4日 · 'Ages' is much better. In the Google searches, there are many more for 'ages'. Then only a small number of the results for "between the age of" are in this sense - most are irrelevant. I would estimate that 'ages' is about 100 times more common in this sense. It seems more logical too. Seven and thirteen are two ages.
ages [dark ages: Why plural?] - WordReference Forums
网页Feb 21, 2012. #2. I suspect it is a matter of convention. The Middle Ages can, in fact, be broken out into separate periods - the Early Middle Ages, the High Middle Ages, and the Late Middle Ages - but even these, as you can see, are expressed in the plural. Furthermore, the Iron Age also has periods - Early, Middle and Late - but is spoken of ...
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网页2007年2月8日 · No, nunca es "is ages," siempre "has (o had, will have, etc.) been ages." En lo que se refiere a su pregunta original, alguno es bien. Para mí, el perfecto significa que el acción era más corriente en el pasado que el pasado significa, pero me es seguro que hay otros que no están en acuerdo.
comma or semicolon in list (age): Jane, 4; Sheldon, 7; and Dawn, 8,
网页2013年4月28日 · Banned. English – America. Apr 28, 2013. #3. Like this? If correct, which is preferred in formal writing—the version with the semicolons and commas, or the version with the brackets. Thank you. Jane (4), Sheldon (7), …
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网页2010年9月20日 · We can do this because "age" and "height" are general concepts as well as specific things. When the item in question is a specific, individual thing, we usually use the plural: People often exaggerate on their resumes. "Resume" (sing.) is also possible, but I think the plural is more likely here. But.
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网页2009年3月16日 · Yet the U.S. Census estimates that as many as 20 million men and women, ages 18 to 34, live at home with one or more parents. Is ' ages' correct in the sentence abovementioned? Personally, I think 'aged' would be much better, because 'aged' means ' at the age of'. What do you think?
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网页Apr 20, 2006. #10. I prefer in ages in this case, possibly because the sentence is negative. It seems different from, say, "I've been waiting for you for ages" (where in is not an option). (I wonder if the Google difference is because the second (positive) kind of sentence is more common than the first (negative) kind of sentence.