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Rule "Number + 'week's time' (weeks' time)"

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Description: Number + 'week's time' (weeks' time)
Message: The apostrophe is probably in the wrong place here. Did you mean \1 \2s' \4?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/two-weeks-notice
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • "he'll be sailing around the world in two week's time.
    Correction suggestion: two weeks' time
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • He'll be sailing around the world in two weeks' time.
  • It was ready in a week's time.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: CD_WEEK_S [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)