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 #2 (permalink) Fri Feb 20, 2009 15:19 pm three years' experience vs. three years experience |
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It is either "three years' experience" or "three years of experience." The wonderful book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation written by Lynne Truss has a whole chapter on the usage of apostrophe. You might enjoy reading it.
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 Milanya
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:02 am three years' experience vs. three years experience |
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| Milanya wrote: |
| It is either "three years' experience" or "three years of experience." |
How about (you missed it  ) -- "She is a three years experienced worker"
or "She has three years of experience"?
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:35 am three years' experience vs. three years experience |
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It's not the same context but I like to ask a question here by the way.
Could you tell me there is any post-office near here? It's over there. It's about 5 minutes' walk. - Can it be understood that "It takes about 5 minutes to get there by walk"? Can we use the same construction with drive, commute e.g it's about 5 minutes' drive/commute?
How long will it take? About two weeks' time - Is it ok if I only say About two weeks? What is the diferrence with "weeks' time" and "weeks"?
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:54 am three years' experience vs. three years experience |
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People say "five minutes' walk", "five minutes' drive". We use them to talk about the length of the journey. I rarely hear five minutes' commute.
It takes about 5 minutes to get there on foot.
How long will it take? About two weeks. ( Two weeks here is the necessary time to do or finish something.) We do not use two weeks' time here.
I'll see you again in two weeks/ two weeks' time. (I'll see you at the end of two weeks). You usually get this kind of answer when asking a question beginning with "When" not "How long" |
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:19 am three years' experience vs. three years experience |
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| Thanks Theresa! Nice day |
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