Choose the word or group of words which best complete each of the following sentences.
The tenant owed several ____________
The tenant owed several ____________
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Correct Answer: Option D
Explanation:
While it is true that whatever noun attracts apostrophe (possession) must be an animate, it is also true of time, or for nouns depicting time- minute, hour, day, month and year.
See examples: she has two months' holiday every year. They only gave us two weeks' notice to evacuate the place.
I will see you in an hour's time
The tenant owed several month rent.
In the above examples, words with apostrophe are genitive nouns.
While it is true that whatever noun attracts apostrophe (possession) must be an animate, it is also true of time, or for nouns depicting time- minute, hour, day, month and year.
See examples: she has two months' holiday every year. They only gave us two weeks' notice to evacuate the place.
I will see you in an hour's time
The tenant owed several month rent.
In the above examples, words with apostrophe are genitive nouns.