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Belly Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Is this grammatically correct?
Because this book was written during vacations and on two years' of Sundays, _______
Is the one in bold correct? Should it be two year's Sundays instead of of Sundays?
Is the one in bold correct? Should it be two year's Sundays instead of of Sundays?
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I always "reverse" these things to see what to do. You're trying to say "on the sundays of two years", so the sundays are being possessed by two years. That would give "two years' Sundays" because years is plural.
- I always "reverse" these things to see what to do.
- You're trying to say "on the sundays of two years", so the sundays are being possessed by two years.
- That would give "two years' Sundays" because years is plural.
- Compare this to Mark's book --- the book of Mark -- and two weeks' notice -- a notice of two weeks.
- I would reword this sentence because it sounds ackward to me -- perhaps something like "took two years' worth of Sundays"
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I always "reverse" these things to see what to do. You're trying to say "on the sundays of two years", so the sundays are being possessed by two years. That would give "two years' Sundays" because years is plural. Compare this to Mark's book --- the book of Mark -- and two weeks' notice -- a notice of two weeks. I would reword this sentence because it sounds ackward to me -- perhaps something lik
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BellyShould it be two year's SundaysNo. The following are correct phrases, in my opinion.
one year
two years
one year's
two years'
in one year's time
in two years' time
one year of good weather
two years of good weather
one year of Sundays
two yea
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