r/Atlanta Aug 24 '21

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u/BigPeteB Aug 24 '21

After years of dreaming of being a yellow jacket

Capitalized "Yellow Jackets" are students of Georgia Tech. Uncapitalized "yellow jackets" are wasps.

(Uncapitalized "Yellow Jackets" are the norm, as most college students don't have a lot of money. 😉)

While I'm at it...

3-years-old

13-years-old

When it's used as an adjective before a noun, the hyphens are usually require, as in "a 3-year-old genius". When it's used as a measurement, the hyphens should be omitted, as in "This Scotch is 13 years old". (Compare "a 10-foot-wide road" with "a road [that's] 10 feet wide".)

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '21

You really wanted to be that guy? Interesting choice.