{"id":4568,"date":"2011-07-12T14:44:12","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T14:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=4568"},"modified":"2024-03-22T06:02:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T11:02:12","slug":"common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Year Old or Years Old?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AJIkEcMukNI?si=Q0nh_KBuf5SaKHcG?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<strong>Years old<\/strong> or <strong>year old<\/strong> &#8211; which is correct? We use both &#8220;years old&#8221; and &#8220;year old&#8221; depending on the sentence!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button large green rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Download free PDF of Ask the Teacher lessons<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>When to use &#8220;years old&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>When talking about a person&#8217;s age, and the person comes first in the sentence, then we say the person (or thing) is a number of <strong>years old:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m thirty <strong>years old.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>My nephew is fourteen <strong>years old.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>These houses are 200 <strong>years old.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The only exception is <strong>one year old<\/strong> &#8211; it&#8217;s always one year old, never one years old:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My baby is <strong>one year old.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that we always use AM\/ARE\/IS + years old, not HAVE\/HAS + years old:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><del>My daughter <strong>has eight years.<\/strong><\/del><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><del>My daughter <strong>has eight years old.<\/strong><\/del><\/span><\/li>\n<li>My daughter <strong>is eight years old.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We could also say <strong>am \/ are \/ is + _<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">_(age)_<\/span>_<\/strong> without \u201cyears old\u201d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m thirty.<\/li>\n<li>My nephew is fourteen.<\/li>\n<li>My kids are six and eight.<\/li>\n<li>My baby is one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When it is somebody\u2019s birthday, we say they <strong>turn\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">__(age)__<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We threw a big party when my mother turned fifty.<\/li>\n<li>My husband\u2019s turning forty next month.<\/li>\n<li>My youngest cousin just turned three.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>When to use &#8220;year old&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>When the age is being used as an adjective\u00a0<em>before<\/em> the name of the person\/thing, then we say <strong>year-old\u00a0<\/strong>and not\u00a0<strong>years old:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through; color: #ff0000;\">My <strong>six-years-old<\/strong> son is starting school next week.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>My <strong>six-year-old<\/strong> son is starting school next week.<\/li>\n<li><del><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This is a<strong> 200-years-old<\/strong> house.<\/span><\/del><\/li>\n<li>This is a <strong>200-year-old<\/strong> house.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><del>A <strong>45-years-old woman<\/strong> won the race.<\/del><\/span><\/li>\n<li>A <strong>45-year-old woman<\/strong> won the race.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now try to make your own example sentences with\u00a0<strong>years old\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>year old,\u00a0<\/strong>so that you can remember how to use them correctly in English!<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Fix your English errors FAST:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/200-common-errors-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/200-errors.png\" alt=\"200 common errors in English course\" width=\"449\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><a class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/200-common-errors-course\/\"><strong>Learn more about this course<\/strong><\/a><\/center><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years old or year old &#8211; which is correct? We use both &#8220;years old&#8221; and &#8220;year old&#8221; depending on the sentence! Download free PDF of Ask the Teacher lessons When to use &#8220;years old&#8221; When talking about a person&#8217;s age, and the person comes first in the sentence, then we say the person (or thing) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[142,86],"class_list":["post-4568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-common-errors-in-english","tag-english-grammar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Year Old or Years Old? - Espresso English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Years old or year old - which is correct? We use both &quot;years old&quot; and &quot;year old&quot; depending on the sentence!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Year Old or Years Old?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Years old or year old - which is correct? We use both &quot;years old&quot; and &quot;year old&quot; depending on the sentence!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Espresso English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-07-12T14:44:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-22T11:02:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/year-old.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shayna Oliveira\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/year-old.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shayna Oliveira\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shayna Oliveira\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#\/schema\/person\/b92f17848e26e2ccdb617df724d13300\"},\"headline\":\"Year Old or Years Old?\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-12T14:44:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-22T11:02:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/\"},\"wordCount\":304,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/200-errors.png\",\"keywords\":[\"common errors in english\",\"english grammar\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Grammar\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/\",\"name\":\"Year Old or Years Old? - Espresso English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/200-errors.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-12T14:44:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-22T11:02:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"Years old or year old - which is correct? We use both \\\"years old\\\" and \\\"year old\\\" depending on the sentence!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/200-errors.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/200-errors.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":975},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Year Old or Years Old?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/\",\"name\":\"Espresso English\",\"description\":\"Learn English online in 15 minutes a day\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Espresso English\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LOGO-TRANSPARENT-70h.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LOGO-TRANSPARENT-70h.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Espresso English\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#\/schema\/person\/b92f17848e26e2ccdb617df724d13300\",\"name\":\"Shayna Oliveira\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7db3aeddf581019286aa87cba7d6296961b5f4385bcdc7edff74a2337a45f980?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7db3aeddf581019286aa87cba7d6296961b5f4385bcdc7edff74a2337a45f980?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Shayna Oliveira\"},\"description\":\"Shayna Oliveira is the founder of Espresso English, where you can improve your English fast - even if you don\u2019t have much time to study. Millions of students are learning English from her clear, friendly, and practical lessons! Shayna is a CELTA-certified teacher with 10+ years of experience helping English learners become more fluent in her English courses.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Year Old or Years Old? - Espresso English","description":"Years old or year old - which is correct? We use both \"years old\" and \"year old\" depending on the sentence!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Year Old or Years Old?","og_description":"Years old or year old - which is correct? We use both \"years old\" and \"year old\" depending on the sentence!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/","og_site_name":"Espresso English","article_published_time":"2011-07-12T14:44:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-22T11:02:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/year-old.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Shayna Oliveira","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/year-old.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shayna Oliveira","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/"},"author":{"name":"Shayna Oliveira","@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#\/schema\/person\/b92f17848e26e2ccdb617df724d13300"},"headline":"Year Old or Years Old?","datePublished":"2011-07-12T14:44:12+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-22T11:02:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/"},"wordCount":304,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/200-errors.png","keywords":["common errors in english","english grammar"],"articleSection":["Grammar"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/","url":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/","name":"Year Old or Years Old? - Espresso English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/200-errors.png","datePublished":"2011-07-12T14:44:12+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-22T11:02:12+00:00","description":"Years old or year old - which is correct? We use both \"years old\" and \"year old\" depending on the sentence!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/200-errors.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/200-errors.png","width":1280,"height":975},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-year-old-or-years-old\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Year Old or Years Old?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/","name":"Espresso English","description":"Learn English online in 15 minutes a day","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#organization","name":"Espresso English","url":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LOGO-TRANSPARENT-70h.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LOGO-TRANSPARENT-70h.png","width":300,"height":70,"caption":"Espresso English"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#\/schema\/person\/b92f17848e26e2ccdb617df724d13300","name":"Shayna Oliveira","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7db3aeddf581019286aa87cba7d6296961b5f4385bcdc7edff74a2337a45f980?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7db3aeddf581019286aa87cba7d6296961b5f4385bcdc7edff74a2337a45f980?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Shayna Oliveira"},"description":"Shayna Oliveira is the founder of Espresso English, where you can improve your English fast - even if you don\u2019t have much time to study. Millions of students are learning English from her clear, friendly, and practical lessons! Shayna is a CELTA-certified teacher with 10+ years of experience helping English learners become more fluent in her English courses."}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}