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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Compound modifiers--Hyphens

Should we also modify 'twenty-one' for example when it is one hundred and twenty one?

1. Use hyphens with compound numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine. For example:

  • twenty-one
  • forty-five
  • seventy-seven
  • ninety-nine


    • Also use hyphens to separate numerators and denominators in fractions. For example:

    • one-half
    • two-thirds
    • five-eights
    • three-tenths


      • What about one-and-a-half?

      Should we use the hyphen when these numbers above modify nouns, as well as when they don't modify anything?

      Thanks

  

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