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Which do you think is correct, or is there a standard - (sm)


Posted: Mar 29, 2010

Example:  The patient is a 60-year-old, middle-age/middle-aged female who comes in today for follow-up. 

TIA!  I appreciate any and all responses. 

I would use....sm - brrrr

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middle-aged female and here is my reasoning. If there is a "middle age" there would likely be a late age and an early age (just using examples). Middle age would be past the early age making middle-age past tense; therefore, middle-aged female.

I agree - (sm)

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I hadn't really thought through the reasoning the way you put it, but have just always used 'middle-aged' bacause I thought it was the correct way to say it. So often, though, I see others doing it the other way, and just wanted to take a poll and see what kinds of responses people would give.

Just saw on facebook where someone says, "I am a middle-age woman who . . ." I just think that it is more like, 'I am a woman who has aged to the middle period of my life.' So, I guess that kind of explains my thinking, though I had not thought it through before. I guess one could also say, 'I am a woman of middle age who . . .' and that would be correct.

Anyway, thanks for responding. I still prefer our way no matter how I think it through. :)

Your reasoning is basically the same as mine..sm - brrr

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and it would be, "I am a woman of middle age." :)


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