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HansThane
HansThane asked in Education & ReferencePrimary & Secondary Education · 1 decade ago

which is more correct........?

an eight-year old boy

an eight year-old boy

an eight-year-old boy

??????????

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  • Bethany
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    An eight-year-old boy is correct; the others are not.

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  • laura8539
    1 decade ago

    The first an eight-year old boy is correct

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Only "an eight-year-old boy"

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen#Rules_and_cust...
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  • hoptoad
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    The only correct one is "an eight-year-old boy."

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  • W A S I F
    1 decade ago

    an eight-year-old boy

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  • mohanasundaram s
    1 decade ago

    an eight-year old boy

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  • goddess
    1 decade ago

    an eight year old boy

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  • delmaanna67
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    an eight-year-old boy would be my guess

    That or no hyphens at all

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    All you need to know..........

    http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/Hyphens.ht...

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  • jerald s
    1 decade ago

    How about "He's almost nine!" ?

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