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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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What's the difference between 5-year old and 5 years old?
What's the difference between 5-year old and 5 years old?
My colleague corrected this in my report, as it was a grammatical error, and tried convincing me that there is no such.
(just cos he is native speaker, I didnot argue much about this)
My colleague corrected this in my report, as it was a grammatical error, and tried convincing me that there is no such.
(just cos he is native speaker, I didnot argue much about this)
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Let's correct them and put them into sentences: He is a 5-year-old boy . -- The phrase is hyphenated and 'year' is singular because it is an adjective modifying 'boy'. He is 5 years old .
- Let's correct them and put them into sentences: He is a 5-year-old boy .
- -- The phrase is hyphenated and 'year' is singular because it is an adjective modifying 'boy'.
- He is 5 years old .
- -- Here, 'old' is a predicate adjective and '5 years' is an adverb modifying 'old'.
- No hyphenation.
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Let's correct them and put them into sentences:
He is a 5-year-old boy. -- The phrase is hyphenated and 'year' is singular because it is an adjective modifying 'boy'.
He is 5 years old. -- Here, 'old' is a predicate adjective and '5 years' is an adverb modifying 'old'. No hyphenation.
He is a 5-year-old boy. -- The phrase is hyphenated and 'year' is singular because it is an adjective modifying 'boy'.
He is 5 years old. -- Here, 'old' is a predicate adjective and '5 years' is an adverb modifying 'old'. No hyphenation.
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