đť•„an to his priest: "Yesterday I had sex with a 17-year-old girl."
Priest: "Squeeze 17 lemons and drink the juice all at once."
Man: "And that will take away my sin?"
Priest: "No, but it will take away that stupid grin on your face."
The reason there is no "s" in "17-year-old" is this: it is an adjective that qualifies the noun "girl". Adjectives in English are almost never plural. Consider the following sentences:
+ They have bought a big house in Lesotho.
+ They have bought three big houses in Lesotho. (No "s" on the adjective "big")
+ He's a 6-year-old boy.
+ They're 6-year-old boys. (No "s" on the adjective "6-year-old")
I explain how adjectives work here.
Priest: "Squeeze 17 lemons and drink the juice all at once."
Man: "And that will take away my sin?"
Priest: "No, but it will take away that stupid grin on your face."
The reason there is no "s" in "17-year-old" is this: it is an adjective that qualifies the noun "girl". Adjectives in English are almost never plural. Consider the following sentences:
+ They have bought a big house in Lesotho.
+ They have bought three big houses in Lesotho. (No "s" on the adjective "big")
+ He's a 6-year-old boy.
+ They're 6-year-old boys. (No "s" on the adjective "6-year-old")
I explain how adjectives work here.
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