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Millie might not be able to attend the play tonight because she still has to find someone to watch her two year old daughter for the night. Which version of the sentence corrects the error in the compound adjective?

A.Millie might not be able to attend the play tonight because she still has to find someone to watch her two-year-old daughter for the night.

B.Millie might-not be able to attend the play tonight because she still has to find someone to watch her two year old daughter for the night.

C.Millie might not be able to attend the play tonight because she still has to find someone to watch her two year old-daughter for the night.

D.Millie might not be able to attend the play to-night because she still has to find someone to watch her two year old daughter for the night.

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Answer:

A.Millie might not be able to attend the play tonight because she still has to find someone to watch her two-year-old daughter for the night.

Step-by-step explanation:

A compound adjective is a group of words that function collectively to modify a noun.

To properly hyphenate a compound adjective, there must be two or more words that acts as one idea.

Therefore, option A is correct where the compound adjective "two-year-old" is properly hyphenated.

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