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Hee Gu Yoon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

4 meter long river

Hello,

I am a student with one simple question.

I am so confused with these kinds of expressions of the subject above.
I remember there exist hyphens(-) in some sentences.
like this < 4-meter long river >

If you guys know exact answer to this question, tell me how different it is between them. Additionally I would really like to have some examples as many as I can from you guys.

Thanks a lot in advance.
  

Top answer

It should be "4-meter-long river". 1-meter-long stick 3-meter-long rope

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  • It should be "4-meter-long river".
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It should be "4-meter-long river".

1-meter-long stick
3-meter-long rope
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It's not possible for a "river" to be only four metres long!
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GPYIt's not possible for a "river" to be only four metres long!
Actually, it occurred to me later that this may be possible in special senses of "river":

It spilled out of the furnace, creating a 4-metre-long river of molten metal.
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