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		waylandsmithers on April 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lamest Edit Wars I've noticed that British attaches the suffix "time" to lengths of time..., eg The package will arrive from Amazon in two weeks The package will arrive from Amazon in two weeks time

OJFord on April 27, 2020 [–]

And a possessive apostrophe should be used, I would write:

> The package will arrive from Amazon in two weeks' time

(cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War)

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