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• Egonallanon@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Age is correct in this context.

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• Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Age = each other; ages = when did each of them first date.

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• goofystench@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  why cant you ask that?

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  • solrise@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • TheRealKuni@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      he was also my paternal grandpa’s bestest bud and living with the family for ~1 year at my grandpa’s invitation

      I suspect you mean “maternal” grandpa here. Otherwise he was his own father’s bestest bud, and your mom was living with your dad’s dad for some reason.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If your dad is 10 years older than your mom, some questions are best left unasked…

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    • TheRealKuni@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If your dad is 10 years older than your mom, some questions are best left unasked...

      Especially if his dad was 10 years older than twice his mom’s age when they met.

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    • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not if they 40 and 50. But yes.

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• bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bronze age, they’re zombies and so are you.

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• Una@europe.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think age is right.

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  • tiramichu@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There’s no strict rule, either is acceptable.

    “Write down the age of everyone here”

    “Write down the ages of everyone here”

    Equivalent, and both equally fine.

    When we are talking about a group of two or more people either singular or plural work, and singular doesn’t imply they have to be the same either.

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    • hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Age is correct here because if you ask your parents what ages they started dating you are asking at what age they first went on dates. If you ask them what age they started dating, you are asking what age they started dating each other.

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• marighost@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My dad is nine years older than my mom but they met when they were 33/42~. Your story is pretty nutty, OP.

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  • solrise@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • TheRealKuni@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure that story would get you banned from itch.io due to payment processor drama.

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• Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you can measure them individually and count them they’re plural, if they’re more figurative or impossible (or at least impractical) to count they’re singular:

  Age

  Sand

  Stones

  Inches

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