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Dollars' worth on KPS Video Express

Thank you for your concern about my recent edit to KPS Video Express. Diligent editors like you help make the project successful!

In reverting my good faith and corrective edit, you noted that, "Dollars does not require an apostrophe at the end at the end." While it is true that poor grammar would not require an apostrophe at the end of "dollars," good and proper grammar does require it. This is true for both UK and American dialects. Thus, my edit.

To provide supporting evidence of this, I offer the WP article, Apostrophe, which correctly states, "Time, money, and similar - An apostrophe is used in time and money references in constructions such as one hour's respite, two weeks' holiday, a dollar's worth, five pounds' worth, one mile's drive from here. This is like an ordinary possessive use. For example, one hour's respite means a respite of one hour (exactly as the cat's whiskers means the whiskers of the cat)."

Outside of WP, See UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD STYLE GUIDE Page 9 (lower-right corner): Use apostrophes with noun phrases denoting periods of time (use an apostrophe if you can replace the apostrophe with ‘of’). He took a week’s holiday [holiday of a week]. You must give three months’ notice [notice of three months].

As a potentially more fundamental self-test, ask yourself how "one dollars worth" of bubble gum would make sense since one dollar is singular and not plural. It's actually "one dollar's worth." When the singular dollar increases to the plural "dollars" as in "two dollars' worth" of bubble gum, then naturally the apostrophe moves to the end, similar to "two boys' parents."

Armed with that evidence, I kindly request that you undo your revert to my edit, and help monitor other articles for this same shortcoming, as it is a popular misunderstanding among WP editors not fully aware of the need (often because the apostrophe is silent when spoken). I thank you. ShoneBrooks (talk) 13:11, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]