Which one is correct:
This year's conference.
or
This years conference.
2007-03-21 15:19:53 · 16 answers · asked by K 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
year's because you ask yourself who's conference? This year's conference. It is actually posessive.
Gary, lol! Hyphen? Who is the stupid one here? It is called an apostrophe. LOL LOL LOL LOL
2007-03-21 15:22:18 · answer #1 · answered by sherijgriggs 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This year's conference--the conference belongs to this year. Otherwise you would be talking about a "years conference" which sounds like a conference about and for years, and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
2007-03-21 15:25:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The conference that is specific to this year can be considered to be "owned" by the year... This year's conference.
2007-03-21 15:23:08 · answer #3 · answered by rris-tusla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This year's conference. It would mean the conference belonging to the current year. The other sentence would make 'years' plural, which wouldn't make sense.
2007-03-21 15:22:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your definition of "correct". If you mean grammatically correct, the answer would be "This year's conference". But one could put up a good argument as to why "This years conference" may be correct, depending on what an individual is trying to say.
2007-03-21 15:24:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This year's conference.
2007-03-21 15:22:10 · answer #6 · answered by CPA Diva 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This years conference
2007-03-21 15:22:14 · answer #7 · answered by Just Ang 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This year's conference is correct.
2007-03-21 15:23:35 · answer #8 · answered by ultrasolvent 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the conference belonging to this year, so 'this year's conference' is correct.
2007-03-21 15:22:19 · answer #9 · answered by Cris O 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This years conference.
2007-03-21 15:26:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋