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ten year's experience vs ten years' experience

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Ten year's experience' is incorrect because 'year's' should be plural to match 'ten'. 'Ten years' experience' is the correct form to indicate that the experience spans a period of ten years.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 1181 views

ten year's experience

'Ten year's experience' is incorrect because 'year's' should be plural to match 'ten'.

This phrase is incorrect and should be replaced with the correct form 'ten years' experience'.
  • In the aftermath of last year's disaster, we questioned why lessons appeared not to have been learned from Scotland's experiences ten years ago.
  • Ten year's can make quite a difference.
  • Dante back ordered ten year's worth just to stop the guy from talking.
  • An official who has completed at least ten year's service shall be entitled to a retirement pension.
  • I'm a doctor with ten years' experience.
  • I've got ten years of experience in Jacksonville.
  • Chauffeur, with ten years' experience and a clean licence.
  • Rebecca Stokes. I'm a makeup artist with ten years' experience.
  • And she has ten years of Broadway experience.
  • Ten years E.R. experience behind her.
  • I've got ten years of experience in Jacksonville.
  • It is appropriate that the operation of the procedures laid down by this Regulation be reexamined by the Commission every ten years on the basis of experience gained.
  • In the light of recent experience, ten years is the absolute minimum period necessary for the maintenance of records.
  • In the light of recent experience, ten years is the absolute minimum period necessary for the maintenance of records.
  • The experience gained with the Anti-Discrimination Act in the USA ten years ago gives some idea of what lies ahead for Europe.
  • That fits in with the experience I myself have gleaned during ten years of voluntary jury service at a number of juvenile courts.
  • Through ECHO, the Commission has had extensive experience of operating in Afghanistan over the last ten years and has established close working relationships with non-governmental organisations.
  • The Johannesburg Summit provided confirmation of ten years' experience of the USA as a player in global environmental and development policy.
  • We argue therefore that there is now a need, in the light of ten years' experience of the Ombudsman's office, to review its statute.
  • Our experience in Sweden, however, where we have had this system for almost ten years, suggests the opposite.

Alternatives:

  • ten years' experience

ten years' experience

'Ten years' experience' is the correct form to indicate that the experience spans a period of ten years.

This phrase is used to describe the amount of experience someone has accumulated over a period of ten years.
  • I'm a doctor with ten years' experience.
  • Chauffeur, with ten years' experience and a clean licence.
  • The Johannesburg Summit provided confirmation of ten years' experience of the USA as a player in global environmental and development policy.
  • With its ten years' experience of implementing the interoperability directives, the Commission is also proposing several improvements to the technical part of the regulatory framework.
  • Rebecca Stokes. I'm a makeup artist with ten years' experience.
  • We argue therefore that there is now a need, in the light of ten years' experience of the Ombudsman's office, to review its statute.
  • Following repeated requests from Parliament and the Council, technical progress and the benefits of more than ten years' experience of the existing legislation have led to the submission of the text that we are discussing today at second reading.
  • We use this type of co-financing in relation to our veterinary measures, and we have had more than ten years' experience in the co-financing of related exceptional market measures.

Alternatives:

  • a decade of experience
  • experience spanning ten years
  • experience over a ten-year period
  • a decade's worth of experience

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