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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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What is the right way?

What is the right way?

There are not fourteen years old girls anymore.
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There are not fourteen-year-old girls anymore.
  

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There (these? ) are not fourteen year old girls anymore. (year, not years) But it would be "the girl was fourteen year s old".

— Anonymous

  • There (these?
  • ) are not fourteen year old girls anymore.
  • (year, not years) But it would be "the girl was fourteen year s old".
  • Hyphens are not necessary in either case.
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There (these? they?) are not fourteen year old girls anymore. (year, not years)
But it would be "the girl was fourteen years old".
Hyphens are not necessary in either case.
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They are not fourteen-year-old girls anymore.
They are not fourteen years old anymore.
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AnonymousHyphens are not necessary in either case.
The hyphens are necessary if the phrase is used as a modifier.
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The hyphens are necessary if the phrase is used as a modifier.

You are right, Aspara Gus, and I was wrong.

The hyphens are necessary in "They are not fourteen-year-old girls anymore"

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