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Brenda1st Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

millennial

Could I use a "millennial temple" to describe a temple which has over one-thousand-year history?
  

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I would say no.

  • I would say no.
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GPYI would say no.
Can I say an "over-one-thousand-year-old" temple???
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"millennial temple " would be used for a temple that (is)(was) built to celebrate the 1,000 year anniversary of something. (such as 1,000 years of continuous rule by one monarchy or 1,000 years of a country's independence, etc)
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canadian45"millennial temple " would be used for a temple that (is)(was) built to celebrate the 1,000 year anniversary of something. (such as 1,000 years of continuous rule by one monarchy or 1,000 years of a country's independence, etc)
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Brenda1stCan I say an "over-one-thousand-year-old" temple???
It's a bit awkward. "thousand-year-old temple" would be OK, but if you want to add the word "over", I would rephrase it, e.g. as "temple (that is) over a thousand years old". The exact choice of wording may depend on the sentence in which it is embedded.

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