By Hyphens, Genitives

.1. the genitive-equals-possessive misunderstanding -- Yes2. the University of Florida curriculum designer -- YesBut what about these?-- These are hard to deal with, since the adjective cluster has been extended unnaturally. I suggest:Afternoon return buses back to SeoulEarly morning departures...

Thank you very much.I think these two are properly punctuated:1. the genitive-equals-possessive misunderstanding2. the University of *** curriculum designer -- no hyphen since "University of ***" is a proper name and linking with hyphens woud be inappropriate, if not wrong.But what...

.1. Do you have to make one word out the word or words 'time-distinction'?-- No. Why not 'time distinction'? It makes sense without a hyphen too to me? -- Me, too. 2. What difference would it make if it is written 'the pizzeria's window'?-- It is not usual to use the...

Grammar Geek wrote:If you use it before a noun, use the hyphens. Afterward, there will be a ten minutes question-and-answer session. Hi GGAfterward, there will be (a) ten minutes' question-and-answer session.Afterward, there will be a ten-minute question-and-answer session.Many people don't use...

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...

Davkett, thanks, that was a silly mistake("came over")! Thank you all, it's clear to me about structures with a hyphen. As for the other variant, possessive (or genitive?) is probably a wrong term. I came across these examples - ten minutes' break, an hour's drive etc. in...

1. no-- my son-in-law's 2. I would say 'an hour-and-a-half('s)' (with or without hyphens) 3. no -- a passerby's 4. can't be done-- change to the 'of' genitive: 'the toys of the twins, Susie and Nathalie' You are confusing possessives with plurals, Yogi. It is 'two sons-in-law', 'two...