"30-day","30 days" or "30 day""

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  1. #1
    Help me should I choose "30-day money back","30 days money back", or "30 day money back"?
    hope any suggestions,Tks:)
     
    cheaplaptopbattery, Nov 7, 2008 IP
  2. MakeThatDollar

    MakeThatDollar Notable Member

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    #2
    I'd say 30-day money back.
     
    MakeThatDollar, Nov 7, 2008 IP
  3. cheaplaptopbattery

    cheaplaptopbattery Peon

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    #3
    Tks for your quick reply.
    I just get the same result when i search "30 day" and "30-day"
    google see "-" as space.
     
    cheaplaptopbattery, Nov 7, 2008 IP
  4. kiteguy123

    kiteguy123 Well-Known Member

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    Personally I think 30-day. It should be short and snappy and, although they're all pretty much exactly the same length, the 30-day looks shortest to me because it is all one word :)
     
    kiteguy123, Nov 8, 2008 IP
  5. Hopper

    Hopper Well-Known Member

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    I would go for 30 day, 30 days is just not correct grammatically and the hyphen is not needed, you wouldn't say 1-day so (IMO) you wouldn't say 30-day.
     
    Hopper, Nov 8, 2008 IP
  6. bobbyt

    bobbyt Active Member

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    #6
    If you would end a sentence with the phrase, it should be "30 days", something like "I would buy a house in 30 days."

    Otherwise, if you are going to put a noun after the phrase, I believe the phrase would act as an adjective, so "30 day money back guarantee" would be correct.

    Hope I get everything right there :)
     
    bobbyt, Nov 8, 2008 IP
  7. calande

    calande Well-Known Member

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    #7
    Here's the rule in English:

    A 30-day money-back guarantee (Here, "30-day" is used as an adjective, so is "money-back", so use an hyphen and leave "day" singular)

    A money-back guarantee of 30 days ("30 days" is not used as an adjective in this case, so no hyphen and it's now plural)
     
    calande, Nov 8, 2008 IP
  8. Jaynesh

    Jaynesh Peon

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    #8
    I agree with calande.
     
    Jaynesh, Nov 8, 2008 IP
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    Calande has a good explanation.
    Looks like i'm lucky getting it right on my site.
     
    host102, Nov 9, 2008 IP
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    joebert Well-Known Member

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    30 day, money back, guarantee.

    Shatner-ific.
     
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    Jordan260 Active Member

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    #11
    30-day money back seems to fit well to me.
     
    Jordan260, Nov 9, 2008 IP
  12. cheaplaptopbattery

    cheaplaptopbattery Peon

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    #12
    I have chosen "a 30-day money back guarantee", Tks all your suggestions
     
    cheaplaptopbattery, Nov 13, 2008 IP