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I want to say, I have a type of hair that grows fast like:

My hair is a fast-growing.

where fast-growing is an adjective and the article "a" connect the adjective "fast-growing" with the noun "hair". Is that correct usage?

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It is not a correct usage to say: My hair is a fast-growing because articles must be followed by nouns either with or without adjectives in between.

You can say I have fast-growing hair

or My hair grows fast/My hair is growing fast

or just My hair is fast-growing

All of the alternatives above don't use the article a because the noun hair refers to the entire strands of hair on your head.

Let me know if you ever come across this kind of sentence.

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  • it came out of my head and the first version of it in my head was just like you last example: "just My hair is fast-growing" I added the article because i was "afraid" the "fast-growing" after the noun could sounds like a verb, get it?
    – henryke araudjo
    Commented Mar 29, 2022 at 13:43
  • "My hair is a fast-growing" ... interesting. Do you have any source to prove that your assertion is correct here?
    – Nike Dattani
    Commented Mar 29, 2022 at 17:31
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