Using of plural nouns as adjectives

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What is the difference between

a three-week holiday

a three-weeks' holiday

I am so tired so I want to take a three-week / a three-weeks holiday.

Which one is more suitable to use or which is the correct one?

http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/83260/two-year-program-or-two-years-program/83262#83262 — Violette, Apr 13 '16 at 06:22

Devin Hudson · Answer 1 · 2016-04-13T08:18:35.453

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I suppose, here the three-week is an adjective for the holiday.

So you would say a three-week holiday,why I'm that sure is for when I came across a noun phrase which six-people was the adjective for a six-people **bus**, and I figure it out it was an adjective for the noun comes afterwards.

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answered Apr 13 '16 at 07:24

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 13 '16 at 07:54

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Nouns in compound adjectives don't take a plural form: a three-year old child, a five-minute walk or a five minutes' walk.

http://www.grammar.cl/english/compound-adjectives.htm

answered Apr 13 '16 at 07:54

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