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Grammar and Linguistics > Possessive with Measurements of Space
Possessive with Measurements of Space
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douglas
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I can see it for time, but for distance it just sounds wrong to me--all the examples seem to give time as examples, but mention "space".
Hmmm, maybe my feeling here is wrong/regional. |
18 Oct 2013
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ueslteacher
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so in your opinion in "a ten-days � trip" the attributive refers to space, not time? |
18 Oct 2013
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douglas
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a "ten-day trip" (no S and no apostrophe) |
18 Oct 2013
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yanogator
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Sophia,
Douglas is saying that in this example, the trip is space, not time. Your link showed things like "in two days � time", rather than showing things like "a two-day trip". As he said, it could be an AmE thing. I definitely agree with him on AmE usage in this case.
@Douglas,
I hope I haven�t misrepresented you.
Bruce |
18 Oct 2013
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dillydi
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The campers went on a 20 kilometres hike�. or The campers completed a 20 kilometres hike
As stated, the possessive apostrophe applies,
but in this case, the hike does not belong to the kilometres.
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18 Oct 2013
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ueslteacher
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Thank you, guys, for sharing your opinions!
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18 Oct 2013
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FrauSue
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I went on a 20-mile walk (never plural, never possessive). There are 20 miles of paths in this canyon. (plural, but not possessive). I went on a 2-hour walk ((never plural, never possessive). I �ll be there in 2 days � time (possessive and plural). It �s a whole day �s work (possessive). It �s a 1-day job (not possessive).
I tend to use the apostrophe if you can give the idea of "worth of" - it �s one day �s "worth of" work, but the job took one day (factual). Similarly, it �s a hike whose length is a certain number of kilometres, but I can �t think of a sentence when we use distances with the possessive apostrophe. |
25 Oct 2013
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