Wikipedia talk:Today's featured list/February 28, 2014

It was previously decided here that hyphens should not be used in the phrase "One-hundred-and-three churches", with reference to MOS:NUM. As far as I can tell, however, MOS:NUM does not mention compound adjectives composed solely of numbers. According to this website, hyphens should be included in compound adjectives like "one-hundred dollars", so I am under the impression that the hyphens should be readded to the blurb. Neelix (talk) 16:34, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't seem like you're getting much feedback; maybe the folks at the language Reference Desk may be able to shed some light on this question. ~Hue Sat Lum 23:43, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am quite a hyphen aficionado, but even to me "One-hundred-and-three churches" looks much too fussy. 86.160.219.2 (talk) 00:08, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Since when is that a compound adjective? No hyphens there. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:19, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See for example One Thousand and One Nights or One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Only between 21 and 99 are you supposed to use hyphens: twenty-one, ninety-nine. Don't ask me why it is the way it is. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:55, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. "Use hyphens in spelt-out numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine." Oxford Manual of Style, 2002, p.137.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 12:55, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]