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Description Example Category
2 day (days) / week He will be working 4 day / week. Grammar
12;30 a.m. (12:30 a.m.) It's 7,30 p.m. Redundant Phrases
missing hyphen in '1000 word essay' He wrote a 2000 word blog article. Grammar
missing hyphen in '2 person meeting' He bought ae 10 person van for his family vacation. Grammar
Missing hyphens in '5 year old' All five year olds were preparing for pre-school. Punctuation
years-old (years old|year-old) They also administer the coming of age ceremony for 18 years-old boys, called the "sitting on top of the mountain", which involves the boy's entire family going to mountain tops, to sacrifice a ship or cow and to plant three cypress trees. Grammar
Missing hyphens in compounds Rudolph is a two year-old reindeer. Punctuation
missing hyphen in '2 month cycle' The two year cycle. Grammar
missing hyphen in '100 yard house plan' He ran the 200 yard dash. Grammar
missing hyphen in '8 week semester' He's going on a two week vacation. Grammar
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