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Grammar and Linguistics > please help !
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moemendhia
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please help !
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A friend told me that this sentence is incorrect & can �t be considered as compound adjective & can �t apply the rule : numeral+ - +noun ; so please check with me if it is correct ,if not please could you tell me why ? thanks in advance :) -these boys are 20 years old = these are 20-year old boys .
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23 Mar 2016
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Tere-arg
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Hi, It is correct. You can make phrases describing nouns into a compound adjective by using dashes and always in singular. A lorry of ten tons ...... A ten-ton lorry A meal of four dishes .............. A four-dish meal. |
23 Mar 2016
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moemendhia
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thank you so much for your help :) |
23 Mar 2016
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lockman
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a five-star hotel an eighty-year old man a fifty-page notebook ,etc ........ |
23 Mar 2016
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yanogator
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No, it �s "twenty-year-old boys" because "old" is also part of the adjective. Bruce |
23 Mar 2016
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moemendhia
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thank you all ,but i searched the net & Bruce is right :) |
23 Mar 2016
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Matthew@ELSP
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Now that �s funny!
No, Bruce, there was never any doubt ;) |
23 Mar 2016
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yanogator
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I �ll tell you -- Giorgi dares. I had made a mistake in an answer a few days ago, and Giorgi alerted me to it, so I got it fixed before the rest of you had noticed it. I �m very grateful for the watchful eyes and helpful attitude around here. Bruce
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24 Mar 2016
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Minka
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I don �t want to be annoying, but ... if it were not correct, wouldn �t it be incorrect (rather than uncorrect)? Have a lovely day, Minka
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24 Mar 2016
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? thank you all for your help 