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Thanks. police are (ok they are more than one). 50-year-old (why not 50-years-old ?). It seems that nouns are created with "-" (merriam-webster agree with you)

by lovboat 11y ago

Thanks. police are (ok they are more than one). 50-year-old (why not 50-years-old ?). It seems that nouns are created with "-" (merriam-webster agree with you). a long-term solution is like a never-ending story. Now, my question why neverending story (film) and not never-ending?

djur 11y ago
I think the book "The Neverending Story" is named that because it's originally German, where "neverending" is "unendliche". The English-language movies are actually "The NeverEnding Story", which is an odd choice. "never-ending" would be more standard English.
jagger27 11y ago
I'll try to answer your "50-year-old" question: You'll find that you describe a quality that has a quantity attached to it, you'll drop the 's'. The reason is mostly to keep things brief by omitting a verb. A few examples: - We walked a ten kilometer-long trail. (The trail we walked is ten kilometers long) - They are building a 500 seat auditorium. (The auditorium they are building has 500 seats.) - We'll put a 10,000 piece order in on Monday. (Compare to: the puzzle has 10,000 pieces.) Hyphenation is tricky and I still don't know all the rules. Another correction I'll make on > (merriam-webster agree with you) It should be "Merriam-Webster agrees with you" because in this case it refers to the dictionary itself (singular) and not the people the dictionary is named after. "Merriam and Webster agree with you" refers to the people themselves. It's occurring to me now that being a native English speaker is probably my best trait for hiring.
- StavrosK 11y ago
  The hyphen actually goes the other way: * They are building a 500-seat auditorium * We'll put a 10,000-piece order in on Monday * We walked a ten kilometer long trail. No hyphen here, the trail was just ten kilometers long. "We walked a ten-kilometer trail" is what you were looking for. Non-native English speaker here, btw.

by lovboat 11y ago

djur 11y ago

I think the book "The Neverending Story" is named that because it's originally German, where "neverending" is "unendliche". The English-language movies are actually "The NeverEnding Story", which is an odd choice. "never-ending" would be more standard English.

jagger27 11y ago

I'll try to answer your "50-year-old" question: You'll find that you describe a quality that has a quantity attached to it, you'll drop the 's'. The reason is mostly to keep things brief by omitting a verb. A few examples: - We walked a ten kilometer-long trail. (The trail we walked is ten kilometers long) - They are building a 500 seat auditorium. (The auditorium they are building has 500 seats.) - We'll put a 10,000 piece order in on Monday. (Compare to: the puzzle has 10,000 pieces.) Hyphenation is tricky and I still don't know all the rules. Another correction I'll make on > (merriam-webster agree with you) It should be "Merriam-Webster agrees with you" because in this case it refers to the dictionary itself (singular) and not the people the dictionary is named after. "Merriam and Webster agree with you" refers to the people themselves. It's occurring to me now that being a native English speaker is probably my best trait for hiring.

StavrosK 11y ago
The hyphen actually goes the other way: * They are building a 500-seat auditorium * We'll put a 10,000-piece order in on Monday * We walked a ten kilometer long trail. No hyphen here, the trail was just ten kilometers long. "We walked a ten-kilometer trail" is what you were looking for. Non-native English speaker here, btw.