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BettyBoop70 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Hyphens with expressions containing numbers
Good afternoon to you all!
I was wondering if I should use a hyphen in expressions such as:
A 2-day vacation / A 12-inch gear / A 10-wheeler truck / Etc.
What's the grammar rule for this? Thanks for your usual help!
I was wondering if I should use a hyphen in expressions such as:
A 2-day vacation / A 12-inch gear / A 10-wheeler truck / Etc.
What's the grammar rule for this? Thanks for your usual help!
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BettyBoop70 Good afternoon to you all! I was wondering if I should use a hyphen in expressions such as: A 2-day vacation / A 12-inch gear / A 10-wheeler truck / Etc. What's the grammar rule for this?
- BettyBoop70 Good afternoon to you all!
- I was wondering if I should use a hyphen in expressions such as: A 2-day vacation / A 12-inch gear / A 10-wheeler truck / Etc.
- What's the grammar rule for this?
- Thanks for your usual help!
- I think this would be called a 'convention' rather than a 'grammatical rule'.
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BettyBoop70Good afternoon to you all!
I was wondering if I should use a hyphen in expressions such as:
A 2-day vacation / A 12-inch gear / A 10-wheeler truck / Etc.
What's the grammar rule for this? Thanks for your usual help!
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Thanks for your reply Philip! Okay then, it's a "convention"........ so you always write it that way? With
Okay then, it's a "convention"........ so you always write it that way? With00
BettyBoop70Thanks for your reply Philip!
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