| Front | correct apostrophe use? I never did a day's work in my life. |
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| Back | yes Apostrophes are used in time expressions such as 3 years' insurance (also called 'temporal expressions'). In a temporal expression, the apostrophe is positioned before the s for single units of time and after for multiple units of time. There is six months' interest-free credit on all sofas both are correct above |
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