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Ashraf Alshareef
which is correct "5-year-old" or "5-years-old" ?
Oct 3, 2016 10:22 AM
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he is 5 years old he is a five-year-old
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five-year-old
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Since the adjective is in hyphenated case, there should be no "s". It is more correct to use 5-year-old :)
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Include the reason, please.
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5-year-old amazingly =) BUT I am 25 YEARS old.
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Ashraf Alshareef
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Arabic, English, German, Hebrew, Italian, Turkish
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