In Plurals^x, Hyphens^x

Hello MM I feel this question is somehow tricky Most of CNN and NYTimes reporters write like 12 to 15 year old girls when the noun can take a genuine plural form But in the case of audience a collective noun they seem prefer to write 12 to 15 year old audience paco

Hyphens can be tricky I hope the following helps Hyphenated nouns In the case of nouns formed from two or more words joined by hyphens usually only the last word forms a plural However there are a few cases in which only the first word forms a plural For example the plural form of brother in law...

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The following words and phases need repair or replacement Bubu trde competition needs a comma afford ignore finance related needs a hyphen those who no comma field must no comma finance related fields needs hyphen and comma A basic idea on should be plural wrong preposition proffesssional did you...

1 no my son in law s 2 I would say an hour and a half s with or without hyphens 3 no a passerby s 4 can t be done change to the of genitive the toys of the twins Susie and Nathalie You are confusing possessives with plurals Yogi It is two sons in law two passersby

He is in his early to mid 30s two hyphens I am going to the store too A comma if it is confusing without one I am not going either Me neither They seem optional to me with the same caveat as above Manager in charge Bob Smith addressed his staff It is not a title except for the manager part I...

Hi Henk I was wondering dear sir why you didn t use the word feet in the 2 sentences enter the wreck at a depth of 443 and usable up to a depth of 1150 Embarrassingly I don t remember the whole text and did not save a copy Perhaps I deleted the feet in error please reinsert them By the way...

Miriam I didn t follow your logic and perhaps our guest didn t either Let me explain If you want to focus on correctness you might want to avoid using eleven year old without the hyphens The reason is that if you use the three words separately you need the plural years when you talk about eleven...

Hello Guest If you want to focus on correctness you might want to avoid using eleven year old without the hyphens The reason is that if you use the three words separately you need the plural years when you talk about eleven On the other hand it is correct to use the noun year in singular if you...

waves hello At the same time North Rhine Westphalia s finances are overstretched because of weaker than expected tax revenues Andrei you say that weaker than expected is fine And it is but not when you want to use the whole phrase as the premodifier of a noun You wouldn t need the hyphens if the...