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#3 (permalink) Tue Sep 14, 2010 21:19 pm five years or five year |
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Hello,
I would like to ask that the sentence would be good if I wrote: My little girl is growing up too fast I want her to be five-year-old forever.
Have I to put "s" to the year?
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#4 (permalink) Tue Sep 14, 2010 22:05 pm Growing up too fast? |
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Hi Katy, Yes, you have to use an 's.' It has to be four-years-old, five-years-old etc. _________________ One Way of Learning English Grammar
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Linda I'm here quite often ;-)

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#5 (permalink) Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:02 am to Linda |
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Dear Linda,
I think I express myself badly because I wanted to ask that "s" is necessary to put. Because I learned once that here five-year-old is an adjective or attribute and we don't have to use "s". But I don't find this rule where I had learned it, that's why I ask you.
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#6 (permalink) Wed Sep 15, 2010 14:46 pm Growing up too fast? |
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Hi, I think there is something to what Katy says. I believe it is possible to use five-year-old without the s, but in that case five-year-old would need to be preceded by an article -- in this particular sentence, an indefinite article:
My little girl is growing up too fast. I want her to be a five-year-old forever.
If I am not mistaken, ''five-year-old'' is a compound word that acts like an adjective for the elliptical noun ''girl''.
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#7 (permalink) Wed Sep 15, 2010 15:30 pm Growing up too fast? |
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Yes, "a five-year-old child" is OK. But, Katy asked about this question in particular and in this case, an 's' is necessary. _________________ One Way of Learning English Grammar
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#8 (permalink) Wed Sep 15, 2010 15:55 pm to Linda |
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Dear Linda,
Thank you everything. Take care: Kati _________________ Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. |
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Test incompl/elem-296, Question 6 | Test incompl/inter-826, Question 2 |