MaverickK  +  618660 Tue, 23 Dec 08 03:55 AM Hi, Which of the following 2 expressions is correct(if at all any one is correct) - 1.  A two days' visit 2.  A two day's visit Can someone please explain which is wrong and why? MaverickK Joined on Wed, Dec 26 2007 Junior Member 61

	CalifJim  +  618664 Tue, 23 Dec 08 04:00 AM The usual solution to that problem is something different from either of those. a two-day visit a five-dollar bill a three-mile stretch of road a seven-year limit an eight-foot drop CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,392 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Cool Breeze  +  618883 Tue, 23 Dec 08 08:24 AM MaverickK “Hi, 1.  A two days' visit 2.  A two day's visit Can someone please explain which is wrong and why? ” Two days is plural. Therefore: It was [a] two days' visit. The article can be omitted since the genitive is such a "strong" structure that an indefinite article seldom modifies a noun that comes after a noun in the genitive. CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,970 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991 Articles, Plurals, Nouns, Genitives, Indefinite