{"id":586,"date":"2010-07-27T10:45:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T16:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=586"},"modified":"2020-11-25T10:16:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T16:16:54","slug":"hyphens-with-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/numbers\/hyphens-with-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyphens with Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should you write <em>13-feet<\/em> or <em>13 feet<\/em>? Here is the rule: when you&#8217;re combining two or more words to form a compound adjective in front of a noun, put hyphens between these words.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><br \/>\nLara handed me a <strong>15-foot<\/strong> pole.<br \/>\nAn <strong>eighteen-inch<\/strong> monitor is too big for my desk.<br \/>\nEmergency room nurses work <strong>12-hour<\/strong> shifts.<br \/>\nAnthony swung his <strong>five-pound<\/strong> hammer.<\/p>\n<p>In the above sentences, the measurements are compound adjectives describing nouns.<\/p>\n<p>When numbers are not used as compound adjectives preceding nouns, don\u2019t use a hyphen. (But remember, all two-word numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine must be hyphenated in all cases.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Suzanne won the race by a solid <strong>15 feet<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe room was <strong>17 feet<\/strong> long.<br \/>\n<strong>Twelve hours<\/strong> later, he was exhausted.<br \/>\nAnthony&#8217;s hammer weighs <strong>five pounds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about hyphens, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/punctuation\/hyphens.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pop Quiz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Correct or incorrect? <\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. Stella had her hair cut six-inches last week.<\/p>\n<p>2. Her party shoes had three inch heels.<\/p>\n<p>3. Can you lend me your five-foot tape measure?<\/p>\n<p>4. I am 5-feet-2-inches in my bare feet.<\/p>\n<p>5. The water level rose 10-inches in just three hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pop Quiz Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Stella had her hair cut six inches last week.<\/p>\n<p>2. Her party shoes had three-inch heels.<\/p>\n<p>3. Can you lend me your five-foot tape measure? (Correct)<\/p>\n<p>4. I am 5 feet 2 inches in my bare feet.<\/p>\n<p>5. The water level rose 10 inches in just three hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should you write 13-feet or 13 feet? Here is the rule: when you&#8217;re combining two or more words to form a compound adjective in front of a noun, put hyphens between these words. Examples: Lara handed me a 15-foot pole. An eighteen-inch monitor is too big for my desk. Emergency room nurses work 12-hour shifts. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hyphens","category-numbers"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}