In English, description words are singular even when it's really crazy for them to be singular. Compound modifiers feel really wrong. When you put the description before the thing you describe, keep it singular even when there's a number.
I have a four-door car a three-story house, a three-day weekend, and a 24-year old daughter.
That means my house has four doors. My house has three stories. I'll be off on Monday, so the weekend will have three days. My daughter is 25 years old. Use the s (plural form) after the verb. Don't use the s with nouns that describe a following noun.
Can you write some examples of compound modifier (with numbers-singular noun)? A description word that's crazy to be singular because it's more than one? (I'm sitting next to an 88-key piano.)
What's the best number of days for a trip? Where do you want to go? What do you want to bring?
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