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Reply Sun 7 Jan, 2018 06:45 pm
*Sadguru ADVICE TO 50-YEARS OLD & OLDER*

Because none of us have many years to live, and we can't take along anything when we go, so we don't have to be too thrifty.*

Spend the money that should be spent, enjoy what should be enjoyed, donate what you are able to donate...

Is "50-years old" correct?

Thanks.

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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Sun 7 Jan, 2018 07:17 pm
If this is a group, then it's 50 year olds.
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seac
 
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Reply Sun 7 Jan, 2018 09:48 pm
@tanguatlay,
I think 50 year old is still young. Stay frugal till you're 70 and then stop saving your money. Well that is my plan.
seac
 
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Reply Mon 8 Jan, 2018 12:30 am
@seac,
Oh wait, you just wanted to check to see if the text was correctly written. I think the dash is not needed between "50-year old".
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centrox
 
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Reply Tue 9 Jan, 2018 12:48 pm
@tanguatlay,
tanguatlay wrote:
Is "50-years old" correct?

Not to me it isn't. Advice to 50-year-olds, or 50-year-old people, or people who are 50 years old (no hyphen there). The advice is for the people, not their ages. When the age is an adjective that comes before the noun and modifies the noun, or when the age is a noun, hyphenate.

My eight-year-old neighbour wrote a poem about commas for National Grammar Day.

That 70-year-old with the purple hoodie loves Justin Bieber.

When the age is part of an adjective phrase after the noun, don't hyphenate.

Charlie Sheen is 45 years old

His twin sons are nearly two years old.

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tanguatlay
 
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Reply Tue 9 Jan, 2018 01:01 pm
Thanks, centrox.
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