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Bookmark or Share- Age + "years old" - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeNo - She is seventeen year old is not correct. Valid alternatives are She is a seventeen year old or She is seventeen years old. Note that in the first of those, the noun phrase would normally be hyphenated as seventeen-year-old, but that's just orthography, not real "grammar". –
- grammatical number - "a ten years old boy" or "a ten year old boy ...X year old is a phrase that can be either an adjective, noun or a construct of the verb to be . When used as an adjective the correct thing to say is year old. A ten-year-old boy is sitting on the couch. When used as a verb construct it must agree with the noun in terms of quantity. The boy is sitting on the couch is 10 years old.
- Describing a group of children - year or years, old or olds6-7 year olds. is used to describe multiple children. such as in a sentence: it's a group of 6-7 year olds. where as: 6-7 years old. is used to describe a child that is 6-7 years of age. The children word is not really needed here in the sentence, it doesn't make very much sense. unless in a context of for example: Only children 6-7 years old ...
- Difference between "two years old and two-year-old"a two year old whisky *The whisky was two year old (wrong). The term two years old is used as a predicative only adjective phrase: *a two years old whisky (wrong) The whisky was two years old. Note. We can also use the term two year old as a nominal phrase. We can use it like a noun.: I have two children: a two year old and a three year old.
- What is Correct? Year old or years old? [duplicate]In your first sentence, it is year old "Ace Grit is a 16 year old Vestal boy." While in the second sentence it is years old "Ace Grit is 16 years old." I can't give you a full reason as to why this is the case, maybe someone else can, however the general rule to follow would be:
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