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Can i chage the sentence like this??
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Nithila  #507948  Thu, 01 May 08 02:50 AM
i  have read one news from the BBC(BEEP). there is one news has a this sentence.

"All of the dead and injured - aged between 18 and 31 - were reportedly from the cabin cruiser."

 1.Here what is the verb?

2.Can I replace the word "age " for "aged"?

 All of the dead and injured - age between 18 and 31 - were reportedly from the cabin cruiser.

 please help me.I'm very beginner for English language.


 if it is correct(All of the dead and injured - age between 18 and 31 - were reportedly from the cabin cruiser.). what is the difference between those two sentence?
  
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Grammar Geek  #507958  Thu, 01 May 08 03:23 AM

Hi Nithila,

1. The verb is "were." They were from the cabin cruiser.

2. No, you need to use "aged." Or you can say "whose ages were between," but "aged" describes them (an adjective) while "age" is a noun.

 
  
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Nithila  #507961  Thu, 01 May 08 03:32 AM
thanks a lot Grammar Geek.

 
  
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