Prepositions – ‘She is Tall/Taller for Her Age by Two Inches’

comparative-degreeprepositions

1.She is tall for her age by two inches.

  1. She is taller for her age by two inches.

Which of the above two sentences is correct?
If the two are correct, how?

Best Answer

Both are unnatural. You can use "for her age" with the adjective tall,

She is tall for her age.

Or you can use "by two inches" with the comparitive form of the adjective (and with some reference for the comparison), taller,

She is taller than me by two inches.

But since one requires the standard form (tall) and the other requires the comparitive form (taller), you can't use both together.

If you need to be very specific about how much her height exceeds the norm, you can say something like

She is two inches taller than the average for her age.

or

She is two inches taller than the next tallest girl in her class.

or

She is in the 90th percentile for height at her age.

Etc.

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