Spelling gurus needed

[tyler811]

Is it:

I have twenty years experience in
or
I have twenty years' experience in

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Is it:

I have twenty years experience in
or
I have twenty years' experience in

The first one.

 

[pontifex]

The first one.

yup

 

[AnonymouseUser]

The correct way to say it is:

I was doing <insert job description> before you were even born!

 

[nerp]

Twenty years of experience.

 

[Matthiasa]

That's grammar not spelling. 😛

 

[tyler811]

That's grammar not spelling. 😛

I do believe you are incorrect.

Grammar "I aint going to school" Should be "I am not going to school"

Spelling "I have twenty years' experience" Should as I am told here by the good ATOT folks "I have twenty years experience"

 

[Newbian]

So placing your fapping experiance on resumes is allowed?

Sweet.

 

[UberNeuman]

I have twenty yearses experiences in

 

[dighn]

Twenty years of experience.

this

 

[daw123]

I have twenty yearses experiences in

This will impress them with your spelling.

 

[Matthiasa]

I do believe you are incorrect.

Grammar "I aint going to school" Should be "I am not going to school"

Spelling "I have twenty years' experience" Should as I am told here by the good ATOT folks "I have twenty years experience"

They are both real words, its just that the wrong word was used in one.
Using the wrong word has nothing to do with spelling.


Unrelated everyone that has picked from the choices given so far have been wrong... "years'" is equivalent to "years of".
Yes a little bit of Google power goes a long way. 😛

 

[Skeeedunt]

I've been doing this for a while.

 

[tyler811]

So placing your fapping experiance on resumes is allowed?

Sweet.

Not for a resume

 

[Paperdoc]

Yes, this is basically a grammar question. The apostrophe IS required because the noun "experience" (it is the object of the verb "have") is being modified by a quantifying adjectival phrase, "twenty years". The phrase includes the POSSESSIVE form of a plural noun, "years". To make it possessive you need the apostrophe; since the noun is plural ending in "s", the apostrophe comes AFTER the "s".

"I have twenty years' experience in ..." is correct.

 

[Possessed Freak]

I have been doing this since we had 9 planets.

 

[iRONic]

Since Christ was a corporal...

 

[Miramonti]

Is it:

I have twenty years experience in
or
I have twenty years' experience in

If you put the apostrophe after "years", it makes the "years" that have experience, instead of you. Instead, you want to state that it is 'your' experience.

Corrected:

I's have twenty years experience in

 

[zinfamous]

How about:

Do ax me about my twenny years experiences!

 

[yankeesfan]

Is it:

I have twenty years experience in
or
I have twenty years' experience in

Second one.

 

[yankeesfan]

Yes, this is basically a grammar question. The apostrophe IS required because the noun "experience" (it is the object of the verb "have") is being modified by a quantifying adjectival phrase, "twenty years". The phrase includes the POSSESSIVE form of a plural noun, "years". To make it possessive you need the apostrophe; since the noun is plural ending in "s", the apostrophe comes AFTER the "s".

"I have twenty years' experience in ..." is correct.

This is correct.

 

[RichUK]

Yes, this is basically a grammar question. The apostrophe IS required because the noun "experience" (it is the object of the verb "have") is being modified by a quantifying adjectival phrase, "twenty years". The phrase includes the POSSESSIVE form of a plural noun, "years". To make it possessive you need the apostrophe; since the noun is plural ending in "s", the apostrophe comes AFTER the "s".

"I have twenty years' experience in ..." is correct.

Lol, FAIL!

 

[Matthiasa]

Seriously people... a few seconds of looking on whatever your favorite search engine is will reveal the correct answer. 🙁

 

[yankeesfan]

Lol, FAIL!

You are an idiot.

 

[Whisper]

I'm pretty sure that the second option, with the apostrophe, is the correct one.