. 1. t he genitive-equals-possessive misunderstanding -- Yes 2. the University of Florida curriculum designer -- Yes But what about these?-- These are hard to deal with, since the adjective cluster has been extended unnaturally. I suggest:

Thank you very much. I think these two are properly punctuated: 1. the genitive-equals-possessive misunderstanding 2. the University of *** curriculum designer -- no hyphen since "University of ***" is a proper name and linking with

. 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

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 GG Afterward, there will be (a) ten minutes' question-and-answer session. Afterward, there will be a

However, in quantitative expressions of the following type there is possible variation: a ten day absence a ten-day absence a ten days absence a ten days' absence With temporal nouns in the plural, the apostrophe is sometimes

Hello Mara This 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

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'

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