Q.
My colleagues and I are debating this question - is it proper to say,
"I have fourteen years' experience at my current job," or
"I have fourteen years experience at my current job"?
I am curious to know the applicable rule of grammar.
I thank you for your help!
A.
In your sentence "years" is a possessive. (You could say "experience of fourteen years.") "I have fourteen years' experience at my current job," would be the proper form.
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