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Using number expressions
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juliamontenegro
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Using number expressions
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Hey guys,
I kinda need some help here...
First of all consider the sentence:
A TV set that costs two hundred dollars.
Should it be written:
A two-hundred dollar TV set.
or
A two-hundred-dollar TV set?
I need help finding explanation and exercises about this grammar topic but I really don �t recall any other way to call this except Compound Modifiers.
I have searched eslprintables for ws on Compound Modifiers but haven �t found anything. What �s the other way this topic might have been refered to?
Thanks in advance,
Julia |
26 Aug 2009
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Tere-arg
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For me:
A two-hundred-dollar TV set
A twelve-year-old girl.
A ten-ton lorry.
....in only one word -always singular- as it is acting as a "compound adjective".
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26 Aug 2009
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mena22
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Hi julia! According to the rule, singular forms are used as modifiers before nouns in plural measuring expressions: a five-pound note; six two-hour lessons; a three-month-old baby (Michael Swan, Practical English Usage), so the second sentence should be the correct one: "a two-hundred-dollar TV set."
Have a good night.
mena |
26 Aug 2009
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serene
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Hi Julia
You might find these helpful:
Hugs
serene |
26 Aug 2009
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marwan380
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dea one:
I think the second sentence is the correct . this is a compound adjective, and in compound adjective all the words should be hyphened.
I wii give an example.
I have seen a horse-mouthed girl.
o.k? |
26 Aug 2009
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juliamontenegro
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As the first sentence is "the sentence" on the sts text book, is there a possibility two-hundred is modifying the word dollar? I kind of don�t see a lot of change in the sentence as I�ve seen in some book examples.
By the way, thank you all so much and serene, I�ll check those links right away. :) |
26 Aug 2009
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