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Rule "years-old (years old|year-old)"

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Description:	years-old (years old\|year-old)
Message:	'Years old' does not directly modify a noun in this context, and should be written without a hyphen.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	Participants in the study were 40-70 years-old. Correction suggestion: years old He was 58 years-old. Correction suggestion: years old You know, when you're fifteen years-old, the first thing you think about is 'How can I piss people off?', you know? Correction suggestion: years old 16 years-old at the time, Marshall was the first film director Moore worked with. Correction suggestion: years old
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ID:	YEARS_OLD [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)

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