At the entrance to the Ashram we find an imposing 10 foot tall,black stone idol of Lord Krishna on a pedestal.
can you please explain why cant we use [color=blue]10 feet here??and please also take little trouble to answer where we can use [color=blue]at the entrance to and [color=blue]at the entrance of
thanks
At the entrance to the Ashram we find an imposing 10 foot tall,black stone idol of Lord Krishna on a pedestal.
in the above sentence why cant we use 10 feet tall??
and where can we use at the entrance to and at the entrance of
Humm!
Extremely difficult !
Can I have the answer ?
With regards -
Ujjawal
what i think had the sentence been ending with 10 feet tall, then it would have appeared correct.take for example,at the entrance to the Ashram we find a black stone idol of Lord Krishna on a pedestal that was 10 feet tall.here we can use feet instead of foot.
got the ans. adjectives cant take plural forms.tall is an adjective and 10 foot tall is also an adjective.hence we cant place 10 feet here.cheerz
at the entrance to = at the entrance which leads into…
and at the entrance of = at the entrance which belongs to/is part of …
Don’t run away with this idea, I think it is wrong.
I’m not an expert but I heard it used many a time.
And Google seems to stand by this - I got several times more hits for “ten feet tall” than for “ten foot tall”.
So are you saying we can use “a six feet tall man”?
Ops, I didn’t notice that.
I was thinking of something along the lines of “he was ten feet tall”.
In your case, I think you need to use “foot” 
Indeed you do. Foot is singular when it’s part of a compound modifier.
So are other quantities.
They set sail on a 3-hour tour on a 50-foot boat with a 20-pound supply of peel-and-eat shrimp, the last stop of their 6-month vacation to celebrate the successful removal of the 4-pound tumor from their 9-year-old daughter, before returning to their 30,000-square-foot mansion which boasted an 80,000-gallon swimming pool.