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In one week's time or one weeks time.

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flubba · 24/03/2013 07:20

I think the former is correct but I'm not sure, can another pedant please advise?
Thanking you kindly.

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PlacedInAnAwkwardPosition · 24/03/2013 07:25

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FrazzleRock · 24/03/2013 07:25

I would say "one week's time" as the time is belonging to the week

notjustamummythankyou · 24/03/2013 07:33

Yes - one week's time, two weeks' time.

flubba · 24/03/2013 07:52

Thank you - that's what I thought but got wobbly as I'm the only pedant one of my friends who's obsessive about grammar :o

So what about "in three weeks" - do you assume the word time and therefore write "in three weeks' " ?

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poweredbytoast · 24/03/2013 07:58

"I will go in three weeks" and "I will go in three weeks' time" are correct.

flubba · 24/03/2013 08:15

Thank you powered.

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flubba · 24/03/2013 08:16

Thank you, powered. Blush

(And then I nearly wrote [bush] which might have shown a rather different emoticon than I'd anticipated! Wink)

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