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Tomasz Klepinowski Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

A decade and a half

I wonder whether or not it is correct to express fifteen years' time as a decade and a half. I've heard a Mongolian say this at the do last night.
  

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Tomasz Klepinowski I wonder whether or not it is correct to express fifteen years' time as a decade and a half. I've heard a Mongolian say this at the do last night. I'd say "fifteen-year time".

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  • Tomasz Klepinowski I wonder whether or not it is correct to express fifteen years' time as a decade and a half.
  • I've heard a Mongolian say this at the do last night.
  • I'd say "fifteen-year time".
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Tomasz Klepinowski I wonder whether or not it is correct to express fifteen years' time as a decade and a half. I've heard a Mongolian say this at the do last night.
I'd say "fifteen-year time". There is no need to make it a genitive phrase (making it possessive with the apostrophe.)
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Yes, you can express 15 years as "a decade and a half."

And don't say "fifteen-year time." That's not grammatical.
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