Do you write "A nineteen-year-old girl?" or "A nineteen-year old girl?" Or some other way?
----------
| Mr Michael | What's the proper grammar here? |
    9,857 / 50,000 Official Participant
Joined: Oct 30, 2009
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 176
Posted on:
Nov 1, 2009 - 10 58 |
Do you write "A nineteen-year-old girl?" or "A nineteen-year old girl?" Or some other way? |
 |
|
Principal :: Sobre Nosotros :: Buscar :: My NaNoWriMo :: FAQs :: Diversiònes :: Donación/Tienda :: Forums :: Programas
Política de privacidad :: Privacy Policy :: Términos y condiciones :: Política de devolución :: Terms and Conditions :: Codes of Conduct :: Returns Policy
Copyright © 2009 The Office of Letters and Light :: All posted novel excerpts remain copyright their authors.
Powered by Drupal
50,889 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 11 52
"A nineteen-year-old girl" is correct.
If you wanted to banish the hyphens, "the girl was nineteen years old" is also correct.
50,034 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 11 58
I would actually say nineteen year-old, since nineteen is just an adjective describing the "year-old" noun that a person is.
17,000 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 11 59
A nineteen-year-old girl.
But it could also be "A girl who was nineteen years old."
----------I was aiming for 50k words this year, but then I wrote 4k in one day. Now I hope to achieve 60k or 70k. *crosses fingers*
50,158 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 09 17
Moved from Character & Plot Realism.
Also, it's nineteen-year old.
Speaking as an editor.
-----------Janna
Moderator, Character & Plot Realism Q&A
ML, Saskatoon
Canadian Overlord
The Book of Tim
50,048 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 12 28
Nineteen-year-old girl (Chicago Manual of Style and Harbrace agree)
----------Tom L Waters
Cuyamungue, New Mexico, USA