Do You Hyphenate First Grade?
Grade, Grader Hyphenate First-Grader, 10Th-Grader; Also, First-Grade Student, 11Th-Grade Classes Are Hyphenated as Combining Forms. but: She Is in the Fifth...
grade, grader Hyphenate first-grader, 10th-grader; also, first-grade student, 11th-grade classes are hyphenated as combining forms. But: She is in the fifth grade. graduate (v.)
Do you capitalize first-grade in a sentence?
When the word grade is followed by a numeral, always capitalize grade and use a numeral for the grade number. When writing a grade in its ordinal form, use words for Grades 1–9 and numerals for Grades 10, 11, and 12. However, if an ordinal number 10 or above starts a sentence, then use words.
Does First-grade teacher have a hyphen?
A common hyphenated compound follows the pattern adjective-noun noun or adjective-participle noun. Thus first-grade teacher or fresh-faced student. All the components of a compound are joined with hyphens: a 104-year-old man. But only when the compound precedes a noun; otherwise The man is 104 years old.
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