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Possessive 's with time expressions

Syllabus topic 20: Possessive 's with time expressions

Possessive 's with time expressions. Possessive forms express time and distance: a day's work, two weeks' notice, tomorrow's meeting.

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Possessive forms express time and distance: a day's work, two weeks' notice, tomorrow's meeting. Singular time units take 's; regular plurals take a final apostrophe. Contrast a two-week course, where the attributive unit stays singular and has no possessive apostrophe.

Examples in context

Notice how each form fits its sentence. Read the context before choosing a form.

  • I need two weeks' notice.
  • It was a hard day's work. (one day)
  • I'll see you at tomorrow's meeting.
  • We took a ten-minute break. (compound adjective)
  • The station is an hour's walk away.

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