JAMB English Language 2016 Objective — Question 69
Question 69 of 100 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) English Language 2016 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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69. Timi has gone to Lagos and he will be back in ____ time. A. two's week B. two week's C. two weeks D. two weeks'
- A. two's week
- B. two week's
- C. two weeksCorrect
- D. two weeks'
Explanation
The question is from genitive case in noun. Grammatically, you are to treat sake and time as people who possess things. Therefore, singular sentence with take apostrophe before 's' while statement will take apostrophe after the 's' except in some situations like: denominalised adjective or in spellings like: Moses, Jesus, etc.
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