"in 10 years' time"?

It means 'at the end of 10 years'.

Kabonniedoes it mean during the coming 10 years or 10 years later??

this is pretty subjective. it depends on what you're talking about.

for exp:
1.Liz collected 100 stamps in 10 years time. It means Liz collected 100 stamps during the 10 years. That's why it does not necessarily means during th

No, I think you are getting a little confused here. The addition of 'time' after 'in X years/days/weeks/months/hours' etc means that something happens at the end of that period.

In your examples

1. For this meaning it should not include the word time

2 - This means that she is not collecting stamps now. She is waiting for ten years and will then start to collect stamps.

LOL... I think I sort of get it now.

I confused myself. Not that I would have used them that way, I was just trying so hard to explain. ><

Thanks !!! xD

Hi,

Mr. M is not online, so here are a few comments.

For the past, I'd say Liz collected 100 stamps in 10 years. The meaning here is 'during 10 years'.

2. Liz wants to collect 100 stamps in 10 years. This means that she wants to do this during a period of 10 years.

As Mr.M pointed out, in 10 years' ti

thank you all of you for answering me!:)

i understand thoroughly now!

It means 2017, right now.