Nov 18, 2012 22:35
11 yrs ago
English term

75 old year man vs 75 old years man

Non-PRO English Art/Literary Linguistics grammar
75-old-year man vs 75-old-years man
Responses
4 +21 75 year-old man
Change log

Nov 18, 2012 23:04: Cilian O'Tuama changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Lindsay Spratt, Teresa Reinhardt, Cilian O'Tuama

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Discussion

PoveyTrans (X) Nov 18, 2012:
You could say.....a man, 75 years old, who is ....
OR
a 75 year-old man
PoveyTrans (X) Nov 18, 2012:
neither is correct - could you give us the full sentence please?

Responses

+21
11 mins
Selected

75 year-old man

Please also see my comments above, a subordinate clause might also work depending on your context.
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis : 75-year-old man or seventy-five-year-old man: I say all the hyphens should be there, though not everyone includes them.
2 mins
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agree Robert Mavros
7 mins
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agree Jessica Noyes
8 mins
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agree Darius Saczuk
8 mins
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agree Trudy Peters
16 mins
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agree Tony M
20 mins
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agree Jack Doughty
41 mins
Spasibo, Jack.
agree Robert Forstag : Normally, the number would be supplied (as in your answer) rather than written out.
1 hr
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agree Carol Gullidge : 75-year-old man
1 hr
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agree Phong Le
2 hrs
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agree Veronica Prpic Uhing
2 hrs
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agree Jaime Oriard
2 hrs
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agree Diana Alsobrook
4 hrs
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agree Elena Aleksandrova
5 hrs
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agree Oliver Lawrence : 75-year-old man. You need both hyphens.
8 hrs
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agree P.L.F. Persio
9 hrs
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agree Lara Barnett
10 hrs
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agree British Diana
10 hrs
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agree jccantrell : Too many agrees! I have to scroll Waaaay down here to add my thought.
17 hrs
hehe, thanks
agree Helen Genevier : 75-year-old man
1 day 9 hrs
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agree Thuy-PTT (X)
2 days 9 hrs
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