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Is it "x years old" or "x years' old"?

8 replies

BecauseImWorthIt · 26/08/2008 10:16

I think it's the latter, but seeing it written down it looks all wrong!

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fluffyanimal · 26/08/2008 10:17

No apostrophe.

tortoiseshell · 26/08/2008 10:17

I would say x years old.

SqueakyPop · 26/08/2008 10:17

I think the former.

edam · 26/08/2008 10:17

the former - it's not possessive.

tortoiseshell · 26/08/2008 10:18

The x years doesn't own the old.

theincider · 26/08/2008 10:18

no apostrophe as it's a plural ie the number of years.

BecauseImWorthIt · 26/08/2008 10:21

I think I was getting mixed up with "years of age", and "days' worth"

Thought it looked wrong!

Thank you all. I hate getting abbreviation wrong!

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McDreamy · 26/08/2008 10:24

years

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