can you give me some examples on when to use hyphens when you put something like twelve years old? like is it twelve-years-old or the other one?
2007-02-07 14:50:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
You use a hyphen when you are using the noun as an adjective, before another noun. For example, you would say a twelve-year- old boy, or that the boy is twelve years old.
2007-02-08 02:53:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two words brought together as a compound may be written separately, written as one word, or connected by hyphens. For example, three modern dictionaries all have the same listings for the following compounds:
hair stylist
hairsplitter
hair-raiser
Another modern dictionary, however, lists hairstylist, not hair stylist. Compounding is obviously in a state of flux, and authorities do not always agree in all cases, but the uses of the hyphen offered here are generally agreed upon.
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2007-02-07 22:57:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-07 22:54:05 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Twinkle♥Toes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋