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customer
Italy

Birthdays
 
Hi dear colleagues,
 
I �m spending my Saturday night grading tests (how lucky!)
 and I was wondering...
 
"I �m 14 years old.  I turned THEM 3 days ago. "
 
"I turned THEM"  doesn �t sound well, but how can you say it better?
 
1. I had my birthday
2. I celebrated my birthday
3. I turned my age 
 or simply "I turned 14" (I wanted to avoid the repetition) ? 
 
Thanks a lot,
Chiara 

19 Mar 2016      





Lusi12
Ukraine

I �d rather say �I turned 14 three days ago .

As for the other variants, both �I celebrated my 14th birthday� and �I had my birthday� mean that you had a sort of a party to mark the day.
You can also use �It was my 14th birthday three days ago.�

19 Mar 2016     



customer
Italy

Thanks a lot for your reply! 

19 Mar 2016     



redcamarocruiser
United States


"I �m 14 years old. I turned THEM 3 days ago. "
"I turned THEM" doesn �t sound well, but how can you say it better?
1. I had my birthday
2. I celebrated my birthday
3. I turned my age
or simply "I turned 14" (I wanted to avoid the repetition)
 
Option 1 is fine, as is option 2. Option 3  sounds strange. Option 4 is best in my opinion. Another option would be My birthday was 3 days ago. "I turned it" doesn�t really work, in my opinion.

19 Mar 2016     



Lusi12
Ukraine

Thank you redcamarocruiser .

20 Mar 2016