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Sailsofoblivion Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Dashes Between Numbers

Why is it that some numbers have dashes between them and others don't? i.e. 100 years old VS 100-years-old?
  

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sailsofoblivion 100-years-old Not this one, that I can think of. No plural. a 100-year-old Tiffany lamp It's attributive (before the noun).

— CalifJim

  • sailsofoblivion 100-years-old Not this one, that I can think of.
  • No plural.
  • a 100-year-old Tiffany lamp It's attributive (before the noun).
  • In contrast.
  • This lamp is 100 years old.
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sailsofoblivion100-years-old
Not this one, that I can think of. No plural. a 100-year-old Tiffany lamp It's attributive (before the noun).

In contrast. This lamp is 100 years old. Now it's in predicative position.

CJ
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sailsofoblivion, please note that they are hyphens— not dashes. (That's a dash before 'not'.)
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