Why "Million Dollar Baby" and not "Million Dollars Baby?"
2006-07-25 15:11:47 · 10 answers · asked by drstanf 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
There's a rule, my friends. '55-year' or '55-dollar' is used as an adjective. Adjectives don't have inflections. But, again but, such adjectives must have hyphen in between the words that make the adjective. 'a million-dollar baby, not 'a million-dollar-baby''. 'a five-letter word', and not 'a five-letter-word'. But, who cares!
To RACHEL_O & Pecarrie :
Don't confuse others. A four-letter word (singular) The four-letter words (plural)
To Nanrai18 :
Don't confuse rules with practice.
2006-07-25 17:57:05 · answer #1 · answered by asok c 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do what you want... lol i mean you've been through enough... 55 years is enough so you're 55 years old? and you're a 55 year old lol :D... Like She's a Million dollars baby... or it's a million dollar baby... lol what ever sounds right to you... and if anyone says anything just say... "I remember back in my day..." and they'll shut up lol :D
English just likes to be complicated
2006-07-25 23:03:17 · answer #2 · answered by fersitf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Subject-Verb agreement, right?
A - flower
not
a- flowers
Similarly,
a - dollar
a - year
Just plain 55 years is denoting the MULTIPLE number of years, rather than referring to a SINGULAR person or thing who is described by the attribute of year or dollar...
2006-07-25 22:17:27 · answer #3 · answered by Yentl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Year is singular, as is a person. You're talking about one thing, and not more than one. Years and Dollars are plural, which refers to more than one. You're describing one thing, not more than one.
2006-07-25 22:16:28 · answer #4 · answered by Rachel O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coz it's an E n g l i s h language. There a lot rules we don't understand.
2006-07-25 22:20:36 · answer #5 · answered by nanrai18 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because your as old as you feel.
2006-07-25 22:14:53 · answer #6 · answered by Linds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because your a dummy!
2006-07-25 22:15:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
does it matter? How old do ya feel? I feel great.
2006-07-25 22:15:17 · answer #8 · answered by armiki66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of an "s"?
2006-07-25 22:29:30 · answer #9 · answered by M D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aging and inflation
2006-07-25 23:12:38 · answer #10 · answered by shazam 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋