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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Year old/ years old

He is 40 years old.

He is a 40 year old.

What is the grammar of the old in the first one?
  

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I'm not sure what you are asking. However, the punctuation of the second one is: He is a 40-year-old gentleman.

— Philip

  • I'm not sure what you are asking.
  • However, the punctuation of the second one is: He is a 40-year-old gentleman.
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I'm not sure what you are asking. However, the punctuation of the second one is: He is a 40-year-old gentleman.
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The first one is fine, but for the second one you have to join the words as philip said inorder to make an adjectve followed by a noun.

Regards

Iman
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AnonymousWhat is the grammar of the old in [ He is 40 years old. ] ?
It's an adjective that describes the kind of measurement being done. Such adjectives occur after the numerical measurement itself, which consists of a number and a unit of measurement. Here are some of the more commonly used patterns of this kind:

He is 40 years old.
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