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Twenty-one

Twenty-one

The number 21, written in words.

Ananya scored twenty-one runs in the school cricket match.

Remember: Twenty + one. Hyphenated: numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine take a hyphen when written in words.

Short lessonCompounds, blends & clippingsEnglish makes new words by joining words, fusing parts of words, or cutting words short. This is called word formation.

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