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Correct Philip and to clear up possible
further confusion: It's; There's; Don't; Can't; etc all have the apostrophe
that indicates a contraction. Week's can also be a
contraction of 'Week is' such as "A week's a long time in politics". The
apostrophe after is used to form the possessive of a plural noun such as "the
Pochard spotters' reporting is still
inconclusive."
How
hard it is to talk and write proper :-)
Cheers
Colin
-----Original
Message-----
From:
[On Behalf Of Philip A.
Veerman
Sent: Saturday, 10 July 2004 11:48 PM
To: Colin
Driscoll
Cc: birding aus
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] RFI
Cunamulla in a week's time
Hi Colin,
"in a week's time" is the
correct form. Why? As always the clue is to establish why the s is at the end
of the word and that tells when and where to use an apostrophe. The s is at
the end of the word because the week is possessive of the time (not
plural), therefore you need the apostrophe. The a indicates singular, so the
apostrophe goes before (not after) the s as otherwise it would be nonsensical:
a weeks' would be confusing singular and plural.
Have fun at Cunamulla.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From:
Colin Driscoll <>
To:
Birding-aus <>
Date:
Saturday, 10 July 2004 11:08
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] RFI
Cunamulla
Hi all...
I have the good fortune to
need to spend a week in the Cunamulla district
QLD in a week's; weeks; or
weeks' time. Any tips from those in-the-know; 'in
the know'; intheknow;
or "in the know;" would be appreciated.
Cheers
Colin
Driscoll
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Colin
Driscoll
Environmental Biologist
P.O. Box 1047
Toronto NSW
2283
Australia
phone/fax +61 2 49598016
Mobile 0438
773029
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