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COUME Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

"4 week notice period" or "4 weeks notice period"

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00I have a dilemna there... Should I say "4 week notice period" or "4 weeks notice period"?02br
00My instinct tells me to use the "4 week notice period" but I can't find/remember the grammatical rule that could explain the reason for not putting a "s"..02br
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00Could anyone give me a hint on this one???02br
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00At the same time, is the following sentence correct?02br
00"I am available on completion of a 4 week(s) notice period"02br
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00Thank in advance,02br
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0Four-week notice period would require a hyphen02br 02br 00Four week's notice requires a possessive 's. )02br 02br 00I think you could just say "I am available with four week's notice" if you mean you have to organize your affairs, or whatever, before you can work for this person. 0-

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  • 0Four-week notice period would require a hyphen02br 02br 00Four week's notice requires a possessive 's.
  • )02br 02br 00I think you could just say "I am available with four week's notice" if you mean you have to organize your affairs, or whatever, before you can work for this person.
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0Four-week notice period would require a hyphen02br
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0Hi guys,02br
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00You need to place the apostrophe thus: 01font00four02font01font00 weeks01font00'02font00 notice.02font02br
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00Best wishes, Clive02br
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0Eek. Color me horribly embarrassed. Wish I could go back and edit it so I could look all innocent at Clive and say "Whatever do you mean?"02br
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0No sweat. We all do that once in a while.02br
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0GG, I don't know why but I never heard the expression "You will cut and run," but I heard often the espression "You will bag and run." 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00I've never heard 'You will bag and run'. What does it mean?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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10I've never heard 'You will bag and run'. What does it mean?12br
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10A wild guess: Would it be "back up and run"?0-
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Erm..... this "grammar geek" objects to your misplaced apostrophe. Four weeks' notice - with the apostrophe after the 's'. Thanks.
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Hi,
Thanks for the comment, although you didn't read the rest of the thread.
Clive
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Thanks Anon. That was noted and acknowledged as an erorr two years ago.
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