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Michaelting Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Hypen/ dash

Never-mind or never mind?

All day long or all-day long?

I am a sixteen-year(s)-old teendager or ....sixteen years old teengaer? (Is it year or years?)
  

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It's never mind, all day long and I am a sixteen year old teenager or more simply: I am a sixteen year old . There is no need to say teenager when you give the actual age. If you wanted to be less difinitive you could say I am a teenager .

  • It's never mind, all day long and I am a sixteen year old teenager or more simply: I am a sixteen year old .
  • There is no need to say teenager when you give the actual age.
  • If you wanted to be less difinitive you could say I am a teenager .
  • Without being specific everyone would know you are somewhere between thirteen and nineteen years old.
  • It is not easy to know when to hyphenate and it changes over the course of time as the word becomes more thoroughly absorbed into the language.
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It's never mind, all day long and

I am a sixteen year old teenager or more simply: I am a sixteen year old. There is no need to say teenager when you give the actual age. If you wanted to be less difinitive you could say I am a teenager. Without being specific everyone would know you are somewhere between thirteen and nineteen years old.

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