Grammar Check anyone please?
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Overseasmom100 · 21/01/2021 21:17
is it
over 17 years teaching experience
over 17 years' teaching experience
over 17 year's teaching experience
Thank you
FiveFootTwoEyesOfBlue · 21/01/2021 21:18
years'
daisypond · 21/01/2021 21:20
years’ - yes.
Ch3rish · 21/01/2021 21:21
It's not teaching grammar I assume 
The middle one as there's more than one year I'd say
Scarby9 · 21/01/2021 21:21
I agree.
Or try:
I have been teaching for over seventeen years.
Or
I taught for over seventeen years.
Or
Having taught for over seventeen years.
There's always a way round a grammatical challenge.
SnoozyBoozy · 21/01/2021 21:22
Yep, 17 years'
TAmumto3 · 21/01/2021 21:24
I think the first one... not a contraction... not possession. I am a year 6 TA and teach a lot of grammar!
WanderingMilly · 21/01/2021 21:24
years'
Kitkat151 · 21/01/2021 21:25
First one
Doyoumind · 21/01/2021 21:27
100% years'
Overseasmom100 · 21/01/2021 21:28
I need to just say this one line so cant change wording ...so is it
1 or 2!!!
we have a mixed response
LittleRa · 21/01/2021 21:28
Pop an “of” in to make it a straight plural:
Over 17 years of teaching experience
Doyoumind · 21/01/2021 21:29
It is honestly years' OP. Don't listen to the others, who are wrong.
FASDE1517 · 21/01/2021 21:30
Totally agree, it needs an 'of' and no apostrophe.
TabbyStar · 21/01/2021 21:30
Years'
iklboo · 21/01/2021 21:30
Second one - the experience 'belongs' to the years.
Doyoumind · 21/01/2021 21:31
Pop over to pedants' corner for confirmation it's years'.
LochJessMonster · 21/01/2021 21:31
I would say first one 
Or I would put ‘17years of teaching’
picklemewalnuts · 21/01/2021 21:32
Grammar book says it's 1.
ceeveebee · 21/01/2021 21:32
Agree years’
daisypond · 21/01/2021 21:32
It is absolutely years’. I’m a professional editor.
Overseasmom100 · 21/01/2021 21:32
like this but does THIS need an apst
Over 17 years of teaching experience
Time40 · 21/01/2021 21:33
years' - because what it's really saying is "17 years of teaching experience". The implied "of" makes it a possessive, so you need the apostrophe. If the sentence were "I have been teaching for 17 years", there is no possessive, and therefore no apostrophe would be needed.
Overseasmom100 · 21/01/2021 21:33
Im going with
Over 17 years of teaching experience
(no apostrophe)
daisypond · 21/01/2021 21:34
@picklemewalnuts
That grammar book clearly says it is 2 - years’ - in both the examples.
daisypond · 21/01/2021 21:35
@Overseasmom100
Over 17 years of teaching experience
(no apostrophe)
That is fine too.
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