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N-year-old punctuation
What is the recommended form for adjectives such as:
1-year-old
2-years-old
and so on? Is YEARS always used for ages 2 and over? Are hyphens used in both positions?
Does the format change when the form is used as a substantive?
Regards
MB
1-year-old
2-years-old
and so on? Is YEARS always used for ages 2 and over? Are hyphens used in both positions?
Does the format change when the form is used as a substantive?
Regards
MB
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[nq:1]What is the recommended form for adjectives such as: 1-year-old 2-years-old and so on? Is YEARS always used for ages 2 and over? [/nq] Attributively, year is invariable: The three-year-old child.
- [nq:1]What is the recommended form for adjectives such as: 1-year-old 2-years-old and so on?
- Is YEARS always used for ages 2 and over?
- [/nq] Attributively, year is invariable: The three-year-old child.
- , no "s".
- Cf.
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[nq:1]What is the recommended form for adjectives such as: 1-year-old 2-years-old and so on? Is YEARS always used for ages 2 and over? Are hyphens used inboth positions?[/nq]
Attributively, year is invariable:
The three-year-old child.
i.e., no "s".
Cf. A six-foot pole. A two-inch nail.
[nq:1]Does the format change when the form is used as a substantive?[/nq]
No:
A race
Attributively, year is invariable:
The three-year-old child.
i.e., no "s".
Cf. A six-foot pole. A two-inch nail.
[nq:1]Does the format change when the form is used as a substantive?[/nq]
No:
A race
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