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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Project Schedules, projects schedules, or projects schedule

If I am asking someone for a list of projects and the dateline (or should that be datelines?), would I say project schedules, projects schedule, or projects schedules?
  

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project schedules
datelines
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Thanks Mister Micawber.

Project schedules would be the first on mind too. But some argue that there are many projects and so 'projects schedules' is the correct one. Or that depends on the context?

Is projects schedule correct at all, as there is one dateline (schedule) per project.

Regards,
Ryan
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Anonymous But some argue that there are many projects and so 'projects schedules' is the correct one.
No.
AnonymousOr that depends on the context?
No.
AnonymousIs projects schedule correct at all,
If you have multiple projects on a single schedule.
Anonymousas there
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"Project schedules" is the only correct answer from the list you provide. E.g. "I need the project schedules by tomorrow".

The following is also correct, but is a different meaning (possessive):
You could, for example, refer to a "project's schedule(s)", i.e. the schedule(s) belonging to a specific project. This might be used in a sentence such as: "The project's schedule is very ti
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Thanks.

Another question: If I need to get an approval from a couple of managers, should I say "get managers' approval", or "get managers' approvals"? (one manager should provide 1 approval)

And if I use noun modifying noun, should it be "manager approvals"?

For some odd reason, the more I think about it, the more confused I get :-(

Would you know any good site
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Anonymous If I need to get an approval from a couple of managers, should I say "get managers' approval", or "get managers' approvals"? (one manager should provide 1 approval)
'Approval' can be a countable or an uncountable noun.
AnonymousWould you know any good site for my questions?
What's wrong with us?
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'Approval' can be a countable or an uncountable noun.
So both can be used in my example?

What's wrong with us?
I didn't mean it that way. This site is a great find. I just want to read more to be clear.

Thanks Mister Micawber
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AnonymousSo both can be used in my example?
Yes.
Anonymous I just want to read more to be clear.
Google each phrase and you will find a plethora of information.

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