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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Possessive Nouns

Is this sentence correct? We have two weeks' holiday in September. Is weeks' possessive of holiday? Is it correct to say 'We have one weeks' holiday in September? Could someone please explain.

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We have two weeks' holiday in September We have one week's holiday in September You can use these; I suppose that the idea is 'two weeks' worth of holiday'. However, I tend to avoid this structure in favour of ' a two-week holiday '.

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  • We have two weeks' holiday in September We have one week's holiday in September You can use these; I suppose that the idea is 'two weeks' worth of holiday'.
  • However, I tend to avoid this structure in favour of ' a two-week holiday '.
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We have two weeks' holiday in September
We have one week's holiday in September

You can use these; I suppose that the idea is 'two weeks' worth of holiday'. However, I tend to avoid this structure in favour of 'a two-week holiday'.
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