User talk:En rouge

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TheRingess 06:16, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Compound adjectives[edit]

Compound adjectives in English are singular and hyphenated. At the talk page at WT:FRANCE, correcting something I wrote, you said:

...be careful about your spelling, for instance "Ten years Consulate".

but that is incorrect; in English, it is "ten-year Consulate"—that is, hyphenated, and singular. The expression "ten years Consulate" is wrong in English. Here are some other examples:

Y Originally, a president of the Fifth Republic was elected for a 7-year term (le septennat).
N Originally, a president of the Fifth Republic was elected for a 7-years term (le septennat). – wrong
Y In 1869, Harvard sent a four-man crew with coxswain to England to compete in the 'Great International Boat Race' against Oxford University.
N In 1869, Harvard sent a four-men crew with coxswain to England to compete in the 'Great International Boat Race' against Oxford University. – wrong

For further explanation of why this is so, please look up "compound adjectives" in English grammar. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 19:24, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mathglot: OK, I'll try to memorize your english lesson. Sorry, I'm not as fluent in english as you are fluent in french.

But the point was not there, never mind.

Yours, En rouge (talk) 20:12, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No worries; I just thought you would like to know. Mathglot (talk) 20:59, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]