Punctuation?
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- MrT
Anyone any good?
Which of these is correct:
a. 40 years experience
b. 40 years’ experience
c. 40 year’s experienceI think it's b, 99.9% sure it's not c, but can't decide here and an artwork needs to be done...
Cheers!
- paraselene0
b
- MrT0
Thanks. Too long since school...
- skt0
I thought it would be a but then I am not very good with punctuation never have been at school I was told so by my teacher also my spelling is not great but it is punctuation I have a real problem with I am not as bad as chossy but still pretty bad anyway why is it b will someone please let me know so I can start to punctuate my sentances better thank you very much.
- tkmeister0
b
but who knows? i don't speak engRish well.
- IRNlun60
According to MSOutlook, it's a).
- HelloWorld0
MrT you can e-mail this person http://www.getitwriteonline.com/…
i do it all the time she is one of the people who wrote the chicago style guide anyway might be a good bookmark
- _salisae_0
eats, shoots and leaves
great book on punctuation originally brought to my attention by jaline of nt
- IRNlun60
wait... it's ok for the 3 of them...
I think it's a.
- kelpie0
a
- kelpie0
mibbe
- determinedmoth0
According to MSOutlook, it's a).
IRNlun6
(Jan 13 06, 07:57)You might as well not bother at all...
- normal0
i would say a, it's non-possessive in the singular and the plural therefore no apostrophe.
- rasko40
I would say a aswell, I see no reason for a possesive.
but I wouldn't want to argue with paraselene, she's a bit of a nazi eh?
- paraselene0
it is b because "four years' time" or "a weeks' pay" is using the time period as a posessive and thereby and adjective. four years' worth of time.
get me?
- the-saint0
It's not B. It's A
- paraselene0
rnh!
perhaps you shouldn't pay me any mind. i can't even type today.
a week's pay!
thereby an adjective!
but the posessive is there.
- mr_snuggles0
my world has been shattered...
- kelpie0
who cares?
fucking swots.
- gruntt0
just write "Shit man, I've done that for 40 years"
problem solved.
- the-saint0
I withdraw my first answer.. It's definatly B
Sorry..