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It is not a mistake, that is how you phrase it in English when the noun ("core" in this case) is being used as part of a compound adjective. The convention is t
by fastball 4y ago
It is not a mistake, that is how you phrase it in English when the noun ("core" in this case) is being used as part of a compound adjective. The convention is to keep the noun singular.
e.g.
"He commanded a ten thousand man army." (not men)
"Andromeda, a trillion star galaxy, is 2.5 million lightyears away." (not stars)
etc
- tobr 4y agoNot a native English-speaking person, but shouldn’t it be "He commanded a ten-thousand-man army" and "Andromeda, a trillion-star galaxy, is 2.5 million lightyears away"?
- fastball 4y agoI am a native speaking English-speaking person, and although I think you are correct in that compound adjectives have historically been connected with hyphens, that seems to have fallen out-of-fashion somewhat.
- ben_w 4y agoI'm now remembering some WW1 posters from my GCSE History lessons that hyphenated "to-day" like this: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/483644447456350306/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/483644447456350306/
- adastra22 4y agoThat’s optional, but definitely more clear. The kind of thing a newspaper editor would insist on, but not necessarily seen outside of that.