By Hyphens, Apostrophes

Thank you, Mr.M. Why did you choose to attach an 's' to both of them? I think the logic is that an apostrophe is used when there is a danger of confusion,as in '4's'. I think quotation marks are not necessary since normally you use either a pair of quotation marks or a...

However, in quantitative expressions of the following type there is possible variation: a ten day absence With temporal nouns in the plural, the apostrophe is sometimes omitted: several weeks'/weeks vacation Pages 325 &1333, A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, by Randolph...

Hello MaraThis is not an answer to your question. This is just a comment on the question you raised. All of what you are asking is exactly the things that have annoyed me long time since I began studying English. Some native speakers grudge that we ESLs are bad in using compound noun phrases. In...

This is generally fine. There are a few things that need repair: learning it (comma) gang related (hyphen) hips allowing (comma) shirt and (comma) where the focus is (delete all except 'focus') News “A (punctuate or restructure the clause) comment, (no comma here or at the...