From a book I'm reading:
"He was fourteen years' dead."
At first this might seem correct, but we need to bury that thought. Make it a single year and you'll see what I mean:
"He was one year/year's dead."
One year dead. Fourteen years dead.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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