User talk:En rouge

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TheRingess 06:16, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

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

but that is incorrect; in English, it is "ten-year Consulate"&mdash;that is, hyphenated, and singular. The expression "ten years Consulate" is wrong in English. Here are some other examples: 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)
 * ✅ Originally, a president of the Fifth Republic was elected for a 7-year term (le septennat).
 * ❌ Originally, a president of the Fifth Republic was elected for a 7-years term (le septennat). –
 * ✅ In 1869, Harvard sent a four-man crew with coxswain to England to compete in the 'Great International Boat Race' against Oxford University.
 * ❌ In 1869, Harvard sent a four-men crew with coxswain to England to compete in the 'Great International Boat Race' against Oxford University. –


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