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Teal cat 980 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Years old vs year old
Hello. I have these sentences and do not know which is correct to say. Please Help! John Smith was 76 years old. When he died he left a 45 year old widow and a three year old son. The Word document wants me to put a hyphen on 45-year-old and three-year-old. HELP!
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Multi-word adjectives take hyphens before their noun but not after. This is to help the reader tell what's going on. John Smith was 76 years old.
- Multi-word adjectives take hyphens before their noun but not after.
- This is to help the reader tell what's going on.
- John Smith was 76 years old.
- He was a 76-year-old man.
- His widow was 45 years old, and his son was three years old.
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Multi-word adjectives take hyphens before their noun but not after. This is to help the reader tell what's going on. John Smith was 76 years old. He was a 76-year-old man. His widow was 45 years old, and his son was three years old.
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