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Which one is correct? I am a 19 years old girl. or I am a 19 year old girl?? I think first one is more correct because 19 is plural, so it is "years". Am I correct? If not, explain why, please.
Jan 11, 2014 3:18 PM
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"Technically it should be "I am a 19-year-old girl." It's hyphenated because "n19-year-old functions as an adjective. If you phrase it "I am nineteen years old," you would use the plural.
January 11, 2014
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The first option is correct. You're right that the number is plural.
January 11, 2014
1
I am 19 years old OR I am a 19 year old girl. In the first sentence it is years because 19 is plural. But in the second sentence you are describing a girl. One girl is singular so year is used.
January 11, 2014
The answer is pretty simple: adjectives don't change in English. So, "I am a 19-year-old girl" is the only correct sentence (note the hyphens).
January 12, 2014
The second one, "I'm a 19 year old girl," is the correct one. To make the first sentence correct, you'd say "I'm 19 years old."
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