I'm drafting a lease which requires tenants to pay rent for the first three months when they sign the lease. Which one of the following is correct? Thanks.  three month rent three month's rent three months' rent
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I’ve always understood that the phrase two weeks usually turns into two weeks’ when used as a modifier as in   I’m giving my two weeks’ notice.  I get two weeks’ vacation. (“two weeks’ holiday” for Brits)   with an apostrophe on the word weeks’, indicating that the vacation “belongs” to the weeks.   One way to explain this is the phrase “two weeks of vacation” being contracted to “two weeks’ vacation” – the vacation is “of” the weeks; that is, it is possessed by them.  But I’ve seen a lot of people omit the apostrophe in casual writing, and thinking about it, it seems plausible that the noun vacation would be plainly modified by the adjectival phrase two weeks.  But on the other hand, shouldn’t adjectival phrases be hypenated, namely two-weeks vacation?  Yet that seems wrong, too: the hyphenate should be singular, two-week vacation (like two-tone shoes) because .   touches on this (and references a good ) but doesn’t explain why the plural must be possessive in this case.   suggests that two weeks might be adverbial rather than adjectival, and thus resists being used attributively. But that still doesn’t quite explain this particular muddle of pluralization, possession, and attribution.  Given all this, why should “two weeks vacation” be written “two weeks’ vacation” with a possessive apostrophe?
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The company will issue (their, its) annual report next month.   In this case, should I use "its" or "their"?
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The 10th and last round of negotiations between Iran and the six world powers was held in Vienna in a bid to strike a final deal. However, after the sides failed to agree on a final deal they decided to extend the negotiations until / by July 1, 2015.   In the original text the preposition until has been written. I am, however, wondering if we could use by instead, if so, is there any difference semantically?  Any help would be greatly appreciated
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There is a question in our grammar book that goes like this:  Her husband, a plumber's assistant, earns only 300 dollars a month, which makes it very difficult for her to feed and clothe her children properly, ______________ send them to school. a. much more b. still more c. much less d. even less  The book says that the answer is C. How do i explain it in the clearest way possible to my student? She is an intermediate level.
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I was paid a few hundred dollars to review a few textbooks. I submitted an invoice in Dec 2016, and received payment in Jan 2017. When I pay taxes on this income, does that count towards 2016 or 2017?  The context of my question is US federal taxes.
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I close on my first home October 21. I've locked in a 4.330% APR on a 30-year fixed conventional mortgage and my payment will be ~$800/month. I've put the required 20% down to avoid paying PMI.  However, the $800/m isn't even 25% of my take-home income and it will be &lt; 20% starting January 1st. This is skewed even more by the fact that I'm taking on extra contracting work that will net me an additional $1600/month before taxes.  I'm curious whether or not I should put that extra money into the principal of the home or if I would be better served putting it into a mutual fund. I've noticed quite a few mutual funds have historically had > 4.330% annual return on investment and if I was paying linear interest on the loan it would be no-brainer.  However, since I'll be putting in a small amount of money to the principle of the home at the beginning I'm wondering if I would be in a better position if I funneled that extra cash (We'll say $2000/m) toward the loan instead of investing it.  Is this a good idea?  Thanks.   Edit: Contextual Information   I'm 23 years old. My company does not offer matching, but instead deposits 8% of my salary + cafeteria funds into my 401k at the end of the year regardless of what I do. I have virtually no other debt to speak of (I just paid off my car and I keep my CC balance around $1,000 at any given time). I'm not bound to this location - my reasoning for buying a house is funneling my living expenses into principal instead of having it evaporate at the end of each month. I'm not particularly worried about being unemployed -- My house payment is low enough to where my unemployment check would more than pay for it and I'm in software, which means I can find a job on a whim if I needed to.
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My credit card has a balance of $600 due on the 12th every month (I'm looking to get this date moved to later on in the month, how do I do that?). I'd like to make a $1000 purchase on my card in the coming days, but I don't know if I'll have to pay that $1000 off by the 12th too, or if I can put that off until the 12th of September.  I've been paying off my card in full every month and never had a balance past the due-date, but it seems a bit silly to me if you're not allowed to carry any debt for at least 30 days because you'd have to pay off charges made on the 10th or 11th by the 12th of the same month.  Update  I contacted my Credit Union and got an answer:   The Credit Card payment due date is the 12th of every month, and that applies to all of their customers. This date cannot be changed. The payment due date has a grace-period of 10 days. Using the grace period has no attached penalty nor does it affect one's credit-rating. I asked if there was any reason not to use the grace period and they told me "no". Charges made to the card between the 1st and 31st of Month 1 will require payment by the 12th of Month 2. Charges made to the card between the 1st and 31st of Month 2 will not require payment until the 12th of Month 3, not Month 2.   So that clears that up then :)
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What is the correct way to express the following? The original meeting time was 9 AM. And it was later re-scheduled to 16 PM.  Is the following expression correct, if not, what would it be?      The meeting was re-scheduled for 16 to 17PM.
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The first and second chapters are....   Or      The first and the second chapters are...   Which is the correct usage? Is it correct to use the for both the phrases or not?? Please explain to me.
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I usually say “It’s a quarter past” (for instance) “five”.  But I think I’ve heard (or read) “It’s quarter past ...”, too, with no indefinite article: is that correct?  Which is more common (if both constructions are in use)?  Is the omission of the article more colloquial (informal, popular, whatever)?  Is there a difference between British and American English?  Thank you very much.
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I had about 2 months left on my account, and recently I added another 12 months to my account. I was wondering, do the months stack up or does it continue with the two months and then use the 12 months?
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Would you please rephrase this so I can better understand it?  The money could be paid as early as next week.  What other meanings might &quot;as early as&quot; take on in different situations or circumstances? Does &quot;early&quot; in these examples mean the same as it does in the previous example?  Early booking is essential. as space is limited. I wake up as early as 6 o'clock I wake up at 6 o'clock
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Suppose I did some contracting in December, my client puts a check in the mail in December, and I receive it and cash it in January.    Does my income count for December or January?
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I am a bit confused about these two forms For example :  John reads books all of the time/all the time All the students/All of the students have participated in march against smoking in the campus  are they both correct? or it depends on the context?
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What is the difference between the two sentences below? Are they the same or different in meaning?     Jack and Laura's new house is almost ready.      Jack's and Laura's new house is almost ready.   To my perception, the first says two of them have one house and the second says each one has a (different) house (which is almost ready). Is my perception correct?  EDIT: If I don't use "houses" instead of "house" (for my second interpretation), does it mean the sentence is wrong?
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Possible Duplicate:          Please kindly advise me on the correct usage of till/until when talking about period of time. For example:     This offer is valid from Apr 21st until/till Apr 28th.   Also, I would be grateful if you could tell me what variants are possible if I want to squeeze this phrase into a small area? How can I make it shorter? That is, what parts can be omitted? The suffixes (st, th)?  For example:       Apr 21 - 28
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A total of 10 payments were made.   OR     A total of 10 payments was made.   Which is correct? Or can both be correct?