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0-6 year old children

English translation: 0 to 6-year-old children

19:03 Dec 22, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Linguistics
English term or phrase: 0-6 year old children
I've always had trouble with hyphens in English. I know the rules for the use of hyphen in a compound in which the number is the first element (should be "a 6-year-old child) and when you express a span of years ("children were 0-6 years of age). But what should I do when both put together?
0-6-year-old children?
0-6 year-old children?
0-6 year old children?
Googleduel shows 170 hits for the first form, 171 for the second and 145 for the last.
I'd appreciate if anyone could help me.
Thanks,
Ana Rita
(Rules states above were taken from Manual of Style of the American Medical Association)
Ana Rita Santiago
Brazil
Local time: 18:51
Selected answer:0 to 6-year-old children
Explanation:
I think that would work best. It avoids confusion.

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Note added at 13 mins (2004-12-22 19:16:44 GMT)
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Even better: 0- to 6-year-old children
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age terms: a three-year-old, a five-year-old child, a fifty-five-year-old woman, eight- to ten-year-olds. (Hyphenated in both noun and adjective forms.)
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.H...
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 15:51
Grading comment
Thank you all.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +4sounds awkward
RHELLER
4 +20 to 6-year-old children
Kim Metzger
5twenty-five-year-old
Alexander Demyanov
30-6 year-old children?
Clauwolf


Discussion entries: 2





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
0-6 year-old children?


Explanation:
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Clauwolf
Local time: 18:51
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
0 to 6-year-old children


Explanation:
I think that would work best. It avoids confusion.

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Note added at 13 mins (2004-12-22 19:16:44 GMT)
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Even better: 0- to 6-year-old children
---
age terms: a three-year-old, a five-year-old child, a fifty-five-year-old woman, eight- to ten-year-olds. (Hyphenated in both noun and adjective forms.)
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.H...


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 15:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 187
Grading comment
Thank you all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexander Demyanov
18 mins
agree  Tony M: Yes, it is unambiguous and about as unclumsy as you can make it
3 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
sounds awkward


Explanation:
IMO, this is not the usual way it is stated.

Better:

Children aged
0 - 6 years

OR
Ages of children: 0-6

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 15:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NancyLynn: ch. aged 0 - 6 years
9 mins
  -> thanks Nancy (and you are the expert on that topic :-))
agree  Alexander Demyanov: 1st
11 mins
  -> thanks; also my preference
agree  Marian Greenfield
29 mins
  -> thanks Marian :-)
neutral  Kim Metzger: Nothing awkward about it at all, Rita, if that's what the context calls for. http://www.dswd.gov.ph/ecd/pages/research/proj01/chapters/08... http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/9... Writers usually depend on style guides
33 mins
  -> you are quoting a Philippine website; I never said it was incorrect, many of these things are personal preference
agree  Tony M: For general use, I'd certainly be inclined to agree with you, the use as an adjective like this DOES sound clumsy; however, in Anarita's study title, I think it actually works best that way round...
3 hrs
  -> quite the diplomat, Dusty :-)
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
twenty-five-year-old


Explanation:
Look for the question on the same topic for "twenty-five-year-old", discussed today. All answers and references are there.

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 17:51
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 30
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