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Whatchadoin Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Year/years

I'm 18 years old.
I'm an 18 year old guy.

How do I decide between 'years' and 'year' in such cases? What's the rule? Thanks.
  

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When a word is an adjectival attribute , in other words before a noun it modifies, the singular is used: I'm 18 years old. I'm an 18-year-old guy . That building has five storeys.

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  • When a word is an adjectival attribute , in other words before a noun it modifies, the singular is used: I'm 18 years old.
  • I'm an 18-year-old guy .
  • That building has five storeys.
  • That's a five-storey building .
  • We walked two miles.
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When a word is an adjectival attribute, in other words before a noun it modifies, the singular is used:

I'm 18 years old.
I'm an 18-year-old guy.

That building has five storeys.
That's a
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