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5 measurement of time: a day's journey
The 's structure (or the plural with s') is often used to say how long things last.
a day's journey twenty minutes' delay
Noun + noun structures are also possible in expressions with numbers
(▶ 125.3).
a three-hour journey a twenty-minute delay
Ref) 딥코쌤 카페.
1) a ninety-day tourist visa
2) a ninety days' tourist visa
모두 문법적으로는 가능하지만 비자와 관련된 실제 용례에선 'The overwhelming majority of usage favours the first option'인거 같습니다.
※ 하이픈 다음에 나오는 명사는 주로 단수로 써야합니다 (예외:분수)
Ref) www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/apostrophes_in_time_(temporal)_expressions.htm
Ref) www.instructionalsolutions.com/blog/two-days-inanimate-possessives
Ref) forum.english.best/t/a-ninety-day-tourist-visa-vs-a-ninety-days-tourist-visa/177224
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