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yesterday's meeting vs yesterdays meeting

The correct phrase here is "yesterday's meeting"; you are using the possessive of the word "yesterday" to indicate that the meeting belonged to yesterday. The plural of "yesterday" doesn't make any sense, since there is only one yesterday.
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yesterday's meeting

This phrase is correct.

Use this phrase to reference a meeting that took place yesterday.

Some examples from our editors:

  • I wanted to talk about yesterday's meeting.
  • Yesterday's meeting did not go particularly well.
  • Aug 30, 2019 ... Answer I got the impression from yesterday's meeting that things are not going well. Which one sounds correct? From the yesterday's meeting, ...
  • Feb 21, 2011 ... It would only be "yesterday's meeting" rather than "the yesterday's meeting". For two days ago you could say: "day before yesterday's meeting" or "the meeting ...
  • May 26, 2022 ... Can I still see the chat or recorded meeting from yesterday's meeting in MS Teams if I just joined today? I did not attend the meeting in MS ...
  • My take on yesterday's meeting between the Mayor and protest group. Seattle Protests. Jun 27. Written By Omari Salisbury. By Omari Salisbury.
  • Nov 3, 2021 ... Hi, why "at the yesterday's meeting" is not correct?
  • Jan 26, 2019 ... At THE yesterday's meeting” is grammatically incorrect and shows that the writer is either not a native English speaker, or, if English is ...
  • Aug 15, 2024 ... 43 likes, 2 comments - pamelasevette on August 15, 2024: "During yesterday's meeting, @educationsc drafted the policy to remove cell phones ...
  • Yesterday's meeting was awezzzome! Our Ilorin family have been amazing! A few meetings to attend to this morning. Of course always a pleasure to hang out...
  • Feb 18, 2024 ... 604 likes, 22 comments - senatorchriscoons on February 18, 2024: "In yesterday's meeting with the most handsome world leader at #MSC2024, ...
  • Feb 6, 2014 ... Here's a quick summary of yesterday's meeting (IRC log), as a status report on WordPress 3.9: Beta 1 will now be the week of March 3, a week ...

Some alternatives from our editors:

  • the meeting we had yesterday
  • the meeting we attended yesterday
  • the meeting that took place yesterday

yesterdays meeting

This phrase is not correct. Don't use it.

In order to use the possessive of the word "yesterday," you need to put an apostrophe between "yesterday" and "s." In that way, you can say that the meeting "belongs to," or took place, yesterday.
  • has already been discussed at yesterdays meeting of the Bureau. europarl. europa.eu. europarl.europa.eu. Das wurde gestern bereits in der Präsidiumssitzung ...
  • Thank you to all that attended yesterdays meeting! The energy was contagious and we hope to carry that through the year. As promised, here is the presentation  ...
  • Wilt Elting from Sail Maine spoke to us at yesterdays meeting..Their program provided sailing lessons for over 2000 people last year. In partnership with ...
  • Jun 13, 2014 ... Yesterdays meeting only seemed to serve one purpose in this on going debate for bike lanes, to piss off everyone. Trying to avoid a repeat of ...

Some alternatives from our editors:

  • yesterday's meeting

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