If you say I am 'a five-year-old girl', the phrase functions the same way as an adjective modifying the noun 'girl', so it behaves like one and doesn't take a plural. It is also usually hyphenated.
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- 12-Nov-2003, 18:28 #1Anonymous Guest
grammar why can you say "I am five years old "but you can't say "I am a five years old girl "
- 12-Nov-2003, 22:05 #2
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- 13-Nov-2003, 04:42 #3CitySpeak Guest
Originally Posted by tdol If you say I am 'a five-year-old girl', the phrase functions the same way as an adjective modifying the noun 'girl', so it behaves like one and doesn't take a plural. It is also usually hyphenated.
Do you happen to know of any other examples of a 3 or 4 word phrase modifying a noun?
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