[Grammar] difference

[saloom2]

Hello everyone,

what is the difference between 'Year-old' and 'years-old'? thank you.

 

[cereal_chick]

"Year-old" is used as a part of a noun phrase, e.g. "That man is a 30 year-old", whereas "years old" (with no hyphen) is used as part of an adjective, e.g. "That man is 30 years old".

P.S. Do remember to capitalise the start of sentences.

[Not a teacher]

 

[Rover_KE]

A better title would have been 'Year-old and years-old'.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

Rover

 

[saloom2]

Well, in case If I want to say 'he is 30-year-old strong kid', it's right or wrong?

 

[5jj]

Well, in case If I want to say 'he is a 30-year-old strong kid', it's right or wrong?

We don't normally refer to 30-year-old men as 'kids'.

 

[saloom2]

I wrote it by mistake, It should have been 3.

 

[bhaisahab]

I wrote it by mistake, It should have been 3.

"A strong, three year-old kid."

 

[Rover_KE]

I would write

'A strong, three-year-old kid.'