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| fredomirek Tetraglot Senior Member Poland Joined 6916 days ago 265 posts - 264 votes  Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 1 of 4 04 July 2008 at 11:34am | IP Logged | ||
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If I want to describe a graph which presents different groups of people according to their age, how can I describe it? For example:
1-10 years old - feature X 11-30 years old - feature Y 31-50 years old - feature Z And here's the problem: "People at the age ___ 11 to 30 are ... " or "The percentage of people at the age ___ 11 to 30 is rather small" Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6576 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 2 of 4 04 July 2008 at 3:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would probably say
"People in the age range of 11-30 are..." and "The percentage of people in the age range of 11-30 is rather small." I would use the word in instead of at, as you are indicating a series of ages, and not just one, and I would use the words range of, as it indicates a set with a beginning and ending. I hope this is what you mean. Marj Edited by Marj on 04 July 2008 at 9:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| georgedick Diglot Newbie United States Joined 6708 days ago 18 posts - 18 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Italian, French, Catalan, Latin | Message 3 of 4 05 July 2008 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | ||
People between the ages of 11 and 30 are... The percentage of people between the ages of 11 and 30 is rather small.. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5145 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 4 of 4 18 August 2017 at 5:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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Mathematically speaking, "between" implies that the limits don't count, though. So, between 11 and 30 means from 12 to 29.
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