Month's Worth

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I know that I need an apostrophe for "two weeks' notice", but what about "a week's worth of medication" or "a month's worth of newspapers"? (since week and month are singular)

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[Pete]

I would agree that an apostrophe is needed in your examples. Have a look at the thread called "worth", too, as it is about the use of "worth" in this context.

[Paul Doherty]

Jun 21, 2008 22:21:56 GMT Pete said:

I would agree that an apostrophe is needed in your examples.

Yes, seems right to me, too.

[Dave M]

Jun 21, 2008 22:02:01 GMT @windycitycobra said:

what about "a week's worth of medication" or "a month's worth of newspapers"? (since week and month are singular)

Well, we SAY the "s", so our choices work like this:

a month worth of newspapers - doesn't reflect what we say, so can't be right

a months worth of newspapers - doesn't make sense (months is plural, so you can't have "a" months)

a months' worth of newspapers - doesn't make sense (months' means "of plural months", so you can't have "a" months')

So, that leaves us with:
a month's worth of newspapers - which makes sense as "newspapers for a month")

[Paul Doherty]

Continued in Month's Worth -- Part 2