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Girl Nineteen Fell Love Young Years Noun Number

Idx 1974
Keyword old
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence He fell in love with a young girl of nineteen years old.
Correct Sentence He fell in love with a young girl of nineteen.
Cloze Error Sentence He fell in love with a young girl of [[nineteen years old]].
Cloze Sentence He fell in love with a young girl of [[nineteen]].
Cloze Answer nineteen
Choices nineteen years old | nineteen
Explanation

noun + of + number: 'a child of five', 'a man of sixty'

Compare: 'The girl was nineteen years old.'

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