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    Adjective / hyphen

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    Adjective / hyphen
    Message from passenger75 posted on 19-08-2013 at 21:36:45 (D | E | F)
    Hello all,

    Is this adjective grammatically correct?
    More-than-eighteen-year-old
    As an example: Just more-than-eighteen-year-old people are allowed to drive.
    I know we can use shoulder-length or on-the-line.
    Thanks in advance,
    Good bye

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    Edited by lucile83 on 19-08-2013 22:40

    Re: Adjective / hyphen from notrepere, posted on 20-08-2013 at 06:56:11 (D | E)
    Hello

    It sounds very awkward and overly complicated to say it that way. It would be better to say:
    Only people over (the age of) eighteen can drive.
    We don't generally use long hyphenated adjectives when something simpler will work better.



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