Let's continue our discussion and exploration of hyphen usage in writing. This next rule may be the simplest one of all!
Rule 2: Use a hyphen with compound numbers.
Examples: forty-six, sixty-three, twenty-nine
Note: When writing numbers like those, you have two options: use the numbers (46, for example) or spell it out and use the hyphen. (For more information about handling numbers in your writing, visit the June 29th blog entry.)
I'd like you to write two sentences and show both of the ways to correctly use numbers. I'll give you an example below.
1.) My sister is twenty-eight years old.
2.) My sister is 28 years old.
Now you try it!
18 comments:
I paid ninety-six dollars to the car dealer for the car services.
I bought a pair of shoe for $26.00.
Suetto C.
1. My sister-in-law is 24 weeks pregnant.
2. My sister-in-law is twenty-four weeks pregnant.
My mother is eighty-five years old.
My mother is 85 years old.
The married couple have been married for forty-five years.
The married couple have been married for 45 years.
Michele T.
The teacher had 32 children in her classroom.
The teacher had thirty-two children in her classroom.
Only 21 of the children were bilingual.
Only twenty-one of the children were bilingual.
Luz Croce
Mr Brown just turned fort-five years old.
Mr Brown just turned 45 years old.
Sheila. W
I just turned twenty-six years old.
I just turned 26 years old.
Tais M
It will be my half-brothers twenty-first birthday this month. It will be my half-brothers 21st birthday this month. Kellie B
The dress cost $65.00.
The dress cost sixty-five dollars.
Writing- Using Hyphens Correctly (Part2)
People say that most humans live to be at least sixty-five years old.
People say that most humans live to be at least 65 years old.
Angelica Walker
My father is 63 years old.
My father is sixty-three years old.
Geraldine G.
Mrs.Mayorga has a total of twenty-one students in here class.
Mrs.Mayorga has a total of 21 students in her class.
Indira Harduarsingh
1. My nephew is sixteen years old.
2. My nephew is 16 years old.
- Angelia M.
I have twenty-one dollars.
I have $21.00 dollars.
She is forty-one years old.
She is 41 years old.
Leonie F.
I lost twenty-five dollars last night.
I lost $25.00 last night.
Allison
My husband has only twenty-two weeks until he deploys to Iraq for two years.
My husband has only 22 weeks until he deploys to Iraq for two years.
Bradley B.
Next Monday my brother will be celebrating his twenty-first birthday.
Next Monday my brother will be celebrating his 21st birthday.
Deidra W.
My sister's husband is twenty-eight years old.
My sister's husband is celebraiting his 28 years old.
October 17,2009
Roxana Alvarez
Post a Comment