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Originally posted by stek View Post"Eats, Shoots and Leaves" is a good book. Dunno if it was mentioned...
It [the apostrophe] indicates time or quantity:
In one week's time
Four yards' worth
Two weeks' notice
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That's a relief. I started reading this thread thinking that my CV had been wrong all these years but it turns out I was right all along.
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Originally posted by Platypus View PostIt's:
I have ten years' experience
with an apostrophe.
This example is all over the internet and the apostrophe is correct. Which is what I first thought FWIW.
However, if you have 10 years of experience, there is no apostrophe.
Best explanation I found is here:
http://www.businesswritingblog.com/b...-or-years.html
Case closed.
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"Eats, Shoots and Leaves" is a good book. Dunno if it was mentioned...
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Originally posted by Platypus View PostIt's:
I have ten years' experience
with an apostrophe.
This example is all over the internet and the apostrophe is correct. Which is what I first thought FWIW.
However, if you have 10 years of experience, there is no apostrophe.
Best explanation I found is here:
http://www.businesswritingblog.com/b...-or-years.html
Case closed.
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It's:
I have ten years' experience
with an apostrophe.
This example is all over the internet and the apostrophe is correct. Which is what I first thought FWIW.
However, if you have 10 years of experience, there is no apostrophe.
Best explanation I found is here:
http://www.businesswritingblog.com/b...-or-years.html
Case closed.
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Originally posted by realityhack View PostThat seems right to me, what about this one:
If I have an acronym, such as 'NDA', where the pronunciation starts with a vowel (en-dee-ay), is it correct to write 'I'll agree to sign an NDA'? Is it the same way in speech? Strictly speaking shouldn't it be written 'a NDA' and spoken 'an NDA'?
It gets more complex if you have an acronym which could be pronounced in two different ways, e.g. SQL (see-quel, or ess-queue-ell).
To be honest, I wouldn't fuss too much - if anyone says anything, blame it on the dodgy keyboard.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostCorrect since years is a plural? Or no apostrophe at all?
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Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
But the second one is gramatically incorrect. It makes no sense to use a quantity like that; it's like saying "I have the milk of two pints".
Whether it makes practical sense has no bearing on the grammar.
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