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SLWAR Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Apostrophe
Why is it that one requires to attach an apostrophe in, for example, the following sentence:
Two days' farther march.
Would the following be wrong:
Two days farther march.
What is the purpose of the apostrophe in such a context.
I've seen the same apply to " two months' ", for example.
Cheers
Two days' farther march.
Would the following be wrong:
Two days farther march.
What is the purpose of the apostrophe in such a context.
I've seen the same apply to " two months' ", for example.
Cheers
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Apostrophe after a plural is optional. So, most of the time you wont find an apostrophe after a plural. days is equivalent to days' /Sameer
- Apostrophe after a plural is optional.
- So, most of the time you wont find an apostrophe after a plural.
- days is equivalent to days' /Sameer
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Apostrophe after a plural is optional. So, most of the time you wont find an apostrophe after a plural.
days is equivalent to days'
/Sameer
days is equivalent to days'
/Sameer
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Welcome to EF, SLWAR! I have no idea what farther march means but the apostrophe is required after the plural s if the genitive case is needed: It was [a ] two days' march. You can also say: It was a two-day march. The sentences mean that whoever marched, marched for two days. The march lasted two days.
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