years old or year old?

Question

is it okay to say 17 years old instead of 17 year old
and is it okay to say imaginary instead of virtual???
and is it correct to say "was better aware not many international ..
or is it more correct to say well instead of better....
plz i want grammatical rules if you say either!

Answer 1

1. He is one year old. (singular)
She is two years old. (plural)
You are 17 years old. (plural)

He is a one-year-old.
She is the two-year-old who was singled out.
You are the 17-year-old winner.

2. No, it is not correct to say "imaginary" instead of virtual.
Take this example: "Deforestation has resulted in the virtual extinction of the bald eagle." Here, virtual does not mean imaginary; it means "in essence or effect" as opposed to actual fact, but that is NOT the same as imaginary.

3. "well aware" and " better aware" are both correct terms, but they mean completely different things:

Mother is well aware that you were lying.
Bush was well aware that not many international leaders favored his position on the matter.
(In both of these example, "well" means "completely.")

My brother knew that business was bad, but his partner was better aware of down-turn in the market.
(Here, "better" means "to a greater degree.")

Answer 2

1. It depends in the 17 year old question how you use it. You can say, "I am 17 years old." Used another way, you would say, "I am a 17 year old girl,"

2. Imaginary and virtual are not the same thing.
Imaginary means existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real.
Virtual means:
1. being such in power, force, or effect, though not actually or expressly such: a virtual dependence on charity.
2. Optics.
a. noting an image formed by the apparent convergence of rays geometrically, but not actually, prolonged, as the image formed by a mirror (opposed to real).
b. noting a focus of a system forming virtual images.
3. temporarily simulated or extended by computer software: a virtual disk in RAM; virtual memory on a hard disk.

3. Here you would have two different meanings depending on which word you used. It is fine to say "was better aware". If you changed it to "was well aware," it would mean that the person knew for certain. If you changed it to "was more aware," that means that the person knows more than he/she did before, just as "was better aware" does.

Answer 3

I think you would say "better aware" if you were comparing two people's awareness. Like "John was better aware of the dangers that they faced." But using "well aware" is very common when describing someone's awareness of a situation or condition.

Virtual, which my dictionary say means " being so in effect, although not in actual fact or name" is often used today to describe a "world" that has been created in computer software. So it does exist, but its not the same as the real world. I would say a computer game about a roller coaster park creates a virtual roller-coaster park. The game is not imaginary. The game does exist.

Answer 4

i am 23 yearS old. however, I know someone who is a 21 year old. if it is an aspect of the person, use years, but if defines the person, use year old.
imaginary is better if something is created in someone's mind, but virtual if actually created, like in a game.
Use well instead of better-always

Answer 5

MORE aware
yes, we all said imaginary before "virtual" was coined
(idk rules, just know usage)