Adjective / hyphen
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Message from passenger75 posted on 19-08-2013 at 21:36:45 (D | E | F)
Hello all,
Is this adjective grammatically correct?
More-than-eighteen-year-old
As an example: Just more-than-eighteen-year-old people are allowed to drive.
I know we can use shoulder-length or on-the-line.
Thanks in advance,
Good bye
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Edited by lucile83 on 19-08-2013 22:40
Message from passenger75 posted on 19-08-2013 at 21:36:45 (D | E | F)
Hello all,
Is this adjective grammatically correct?
More-than-eighteen-year-old
As an example: Just more-than-eighteen-year-old people are allowed to drive.
I know we can use shoulder-length or on-the-line.
Thanks in advance,
Good bye
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Edited by lucile83 on 19-08-2013 22:40
Re: Adjective / hyphen from notrepere, posted on 20-08-2013 at 06:56:11 (D | E)
Hello
It sounds very awkward and overly complicated to say it that way. It would be better to say:
Only people over (the age of) eighteen can drive.
We don't generally use long hyphenated adjectives when something simpler will work better.
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