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grammar - The patient will return in 4 weeks time - Pam


Posted: Jan 27, 2010

This is a simple question, but I see it both ways and get mixed up.   Which is correct? The patient will return in 4 weeks time. The patient will return in 4 week's time. Thanks!  :-)

I would say neither - because it is pleural

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I would type 4 weeks' time.

Thank you! - Pam

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That makes sense! Thank you!

It is plUral, plEUral is for the lungs - nm

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nm

oops...LOL...been typing pulmonology too long! - thank you

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nm

4 weeks' time; four weeks' time - nm

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:)


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