than a hundred year old vs than a hundred-year old

Both phrases are not correct as written. The correct form should be 'than a hundred-year-old'. The hyphen is necessary to connect 'hundred' and 'year' when they are used as a compound adjective.

Last updated: March 31, 2024 • 457 views

than a hundred year old

This phrase is incorrect. It lacks the necessary hyphen between 'hundred' and 'year' to form a compound adjective.

The correct form should be 'than a hundred-year-old' when describing something that is a hundred years old.

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It's more than a hundred years old and you can still see the fingermarks where the potter pinched it.
This one is at the Freer Gallery in Washington, D.C. It's more than a hundred years old and you can still see the fingermarks where the potter pinched it.
Sweden has a forestry law that is a hundred years old this year.
We'll be a hundred years old sooner or later...
Looks like a hundred years old.
The stuff's nearly a hundred years old.
That lighthouse is over a hundred years old.
It's almost a hundred years old.
Boss, this is like a hundred years old.
So, either this guy is a hundred years old...
The house is over a hundred years old.
Looks like it's a hundred years old.
Most of these graves are over a hundred years old.
Congratulations. I'm a hundred years old now.
And this is a hundred-year-old toy.
Some of these warriors are over a hundred years old.
A hundred years old, lying about on South American islands.
That map is a hundred years old.
a hundred-year-old cure for fever or melancholy...
They're chopping down trees that are a hundred years old. No.

than a hundred-year old

This phrase is also incorrect. It needs a hyphen between 'hundred' and 'year' to form a compound adjective.

The correct form should be 'than a hundred-year-old' when describing something that is a hundred years old.

Show examples from the web [+]

It's more than a hundred years old and you can still see the fingermarks where the potter pinched it.
This one is at the Freer Gallery in Washington, D.C. It's more than a hundred years old and you can still see the fingermarks where the potter pinched it.
We'll be a hundred years old sooner or later...
Looks like a hundred years old.
The stuff's nearly a hundred years old.
That lighthouse is over a hundred years old.
It's almost a hundred years old.
Boss, this is like a hundred years old.
Sweden has a forestry law that is a hundred years old this year.
So, either this guy is a hundred years old...
The house is over a hundred years old.
Looks like it's a hundred years old.
Most of these graves are over a hundred years old.
Congratulations. I'm a hundred years old now.
And this is a hundred-year-old toy.
Some of these warriors are over a hundred years old.
A hundred years old, lying about on South American islands.
That map is a hundred years old.
a hundred-year-old cure for fever or melancholy...
They're chopping down trees that are a hundred years old. No.

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