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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

years versus year's

In the phrase "....last year's jeans" , do you use an apostrophe or not? Can a year "possess" something?
  

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It's not so much that the year possesses something as the object belongs to the year. Anyway, yes. You do need the apostrophe.

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  • It's not so much that the year possesses something as the object belongs to the year.
  • Anyway, yes.
  • You do need the apostrophe.
  • last year's jeans
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It's not so much that the year possesses something as the object belongs to the year. Anyway, yes. You do need the apostrophe.

last year's jeans
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AnonymousCan a year "possess" something?
No. This is just a special use of apostrophes with named periods of time.

a day's work, an hour's wait, next month's issue of a magazine, etc.

Note that there are many other cases where possession (ownership), strictly speaking, is not involved.

the manager's responsibilities, the c
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