2-year-old child ? Or 2-years-old child

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2-year-old child ? Or 2-years-old child
Message de mel_gigi posté le 19-09-2009 à 14:14:45 (S | E | F)
Hello Everybody

I've got a problem with the following stuff :

You can say that he is 2 years old in many ways :

He is 2 years old
He is 2 (is it correct ?)
I've got a 2-years-old child. With an "s" or not ??? With "-" or not ?
I've got a 2-year-old child (is it correct ?) Without "s" ?


Thanks very much for your help
Mel

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Réponse: 2-year-old child ? Or 2-years-old child de seb06000, postée le 19-09-2009 à 14:19:18 (S | E)
Hi!

Let's make it clear

He is 2 years old
He is 2 (perfect!)
I've got a 2-year-old child. (no S because 2-year-old is an adjective)


Is it ok now?

Sebastien

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Réponse: 2-year-old child ? Or 2-years-old child de mel_gigi, postée le 19-09-2009 à 16:56:51 (S | E)
An Adjective !!! Of course !
Thanks very much !

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Réponse: 2-year-old child ? Or 2-years-old child de jonquille, postée le 19-09-2009 à 21:37:35 (S | E)
Hi!

I've got a 2-year-old child. OK...but even better: I have a 2-year-old child.

Using "got" in this sentence is just an extra verb...it's not really needed as it makes perfect sense without it. (Got, in many contexts, has become a wonderful "add-on" verb )

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Réponse: 2-year-old child ? Or 2-years-old child de TravisKidd, postée le 20-09-2009 à 06:47:30 (S | E)
Hello, in my opinion "have" and "have got" are equally correct; in fact I think that "have got" is better, because your child is something (in this case, someone) you can "show" or "present".

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