Post AWZEPccT7whfGQt0YS by _kit@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AWZEPaNVSbXwJRs1xI by _kit@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-10T02:18:15Z
       
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       @grammargirl The construction of “10-year old” drives me nuts. The numeric is the variable. The idiom is “year old”. It should be “10 year-old” at the very least. Am I completely wrong? When did we adopt this convention? “Old” is doing very little work and I don’t know of another language that uses it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWZEPbQjY5ipZkO7cm by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-06-11T02:06:18Z
       
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       @_kit This is the entry about hyphenating ages from my forthcoming book!#TheGrammarDaily
       
 (DIR) Post #AWZEPccT7whfGQt0YS by _kit@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-10T02:31:13Z
       
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       @grammargirl  as an adendum, it isn’t “blond-haired boy” or even “blond haired-boy” (which I quite like). I am perplexed.