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Subject:Re: Common Errors in English From:"Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com> To:techwr-l Date:Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:45:21 -0800
Neither
I have
-------- experience.
9 year's
or
I have
------- of experience.
9 years
is correct.
"Over" is *supposed* to refer to physical relationships, not quantitative
ones.
Can you teach your co-worker to use "I have more than..."?
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Chuck Martin
User Assistance & Experience Engineer
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"John Posada" <JPosada -at- isogon -dot- com> wrote in message news:230287 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
Speaking of English errors...
Someone came from across the hall and asked about this use of the
possessive.
"I have over 9 year's experience."
"I have over 9 years of experience."
I say no possessive in either. He says yes to the first one.
