Is 9 year old hyphenated? When to Hyphenate Year Old “Year old” should behyphenated when it modifies a noun that follows it. That is, when the phrase is describing the age of a person, place, or thing, and it precedes that noun in a sentence, then it should be written as year-ol...
a hyphen may be used, as in "stainless-steel knife". ... When adding words that already have a hyphen. For example: two to year-old as in: "He was a two- or three-year-old dog."
Indicate with a YES if modifiers should be hyphenated or a NO if they should not be hyphenated. 23. The 6 month old baby drowned Wednesday.A) YesB) No24. The story about the old yellow dog is a sad one.A) YesB) No25. She is a part time worker.A) YesB) No26. Steve works ...
When there’s a number involved in the start of a compound adjective, use hyphens for connectivity so readers can tell the words have a combined meaning. For instance, 10-year-old and 2-minute recording. In a sentence: Everyone had to create a 5-minute video with a strong hook. However...
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* Alex likes Rhys, which is Welsh, but I think the tricky spelling combined with ahyphenated last namemight be too much for a little guy. * And, of course, we still love Julian. But is the popularity a deal killer? (By the way, if you say we’re overthinking it, you’re probably...
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