[General] To Hyphen or not to hyphen

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When is it six months and when is it six-months?
 
Welcome to the forum, klee.

It's six-month when it's used adjectivally: a six-month-old child.

It's six months on all other occasions: published every six months/come back in six months.

You can have six-monthly, but never six-months.
 
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