The “Year-Old” Problem: When To Use a Hyphen

The “Year-Old” Problem: When To Use a Hyphen

Talking about age in writing may sometimes be tricky. In this Ed’s Elevenses blog post, we will look at various ways to deal with age. The simplest way to determine when to hyphenate “year old” (or indeed all the “old”s, like “week old” and “minute old”) would be to look for the position of the age in relation to the noun.