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GUYS I HAVE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION When do we put two hyphens instead of one in compound adjective? like He's a 5-year-old boy?​
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When do we put two hyphens instead of one in compound adjective?
like He's a 5-year-old boy?​

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Generally, hyphenate two or more words when they come before a noun they modify and act as a single idea. This is called a compound adjective.

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