Which one is the more correct to write MY AGE in American English? 19-year-old or 19 years old?

Question

How about in the British English? Is it also the same?

Answer 1

I'm 19 years old, i'm a 19-year-old girl
both of them are correct

Answer 2

19 years old

Answer 3

You are 19 years old. You are a 19 year old person. Either is correct.

Answer 4

It depends on how you use it: If you say, "I am 19 YEARS old." it is different than if you say, "I am a 19 year old woman." In the first example, you must give the plural form (with the 's') because nineteen implies multiple years. In the second example, because the sentence uses the singular conjunction 'a' the word year is singular.

Answer 5

IT DEPENDS ON THE CONTEXT...
IF YOU WERE TO SAY," I AM A 19-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT", THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.
IF YOU WERE TO SAY AS IN A RESUME FOR INSTANCE, YOU WOULD SAY,"I AM 19 YEARS OLD AND STUDYING BLAH,BLAH,BLAH"...GET IT???
I AM NOT BRITISH SO I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN ONE, BUT I DO CONVERSE QUITE OFTEN WITH A FEW PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE UK AND I COULD ASK, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE SAME.

Answer 6

It would depend on how you use it.

I am a 19 year old female.

or

I am 19 years old.

Either would be equally correct

Answer 7

It could be said either way correctly. And British English is the same thing as regular English. The only difference is they use older english words, like instead of saying car they say motor car, etc.

Answer 8

I am 19 years old.
I am a 19-year-old person. -->19-year-old is used as an adjective describing the person.

Answer 9

The usages of the two forms are different.

The 19-year-old male was thrown out of the bar for being under-age.

He was 19 years old at the time.

Answer 10

Catspaw and JoeSchmoe06 are correct.

You are a 19-year-old or you turned 19 years old today.