A ton's weight
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Where have you heard this expression? Have you seen it used in a sentence? If not, please give us a sentence in which you would use it, so we have a specific example to discuss.
Where have you heard this expression? Have you seen it used in a sentence? If not, please give us a sentence in which you would use it, so we have a specific example to discuss.
I have not seen it used in a sentence.I saw it in a book, in the part about possessive nouns.
They were emphasizing about the use of apostrophe. I quote " words denoting weight, if it is followed by the word 'weight' after it. For eg. a ton's weight,a gram's weight, a pound's weight. "
How about this sentence-The king decided to give him a ton's weight of gold.
There's an earlier thread that's somewhat relevant: possessive case nouns
Thanks a lot. It was really helpful. There is a similar usage in wiki how
Make sure you take a pair of scissors used to cut flowers and cut about a foot's length of the stem from the flower (How to Save Money on Mother's Day Flowers)[/QUOTE]
I hope it is correct and in use ,not so frequently though
A ton's weight and a foot's length both seem very strange to me.
To me as well.
I can see something like "Shoe size generally depends upon the foot's length," but not cutting flowers.