Is 'a' needed?

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It is a 10-minute meeting.
It is 10 minutes' meeting.

In 'a' necessary in the second sentence.

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Others might disagree, but i would say that yes, the indefinite article "a" is needed in the second sentence. I wouldn't use the locution "ten minutes' meeting," however.

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Agree.

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Agree, definitely.

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All this agreeing is very agreeable.

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It is a 10-minute meeting. (This sounds good.)
It is 10 minutes' meeting. (This doesn't sound right to my ear.)

What do you, native speakers, think?

Many thanks.

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It is a ten minute meeting.

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Let's have a ten minute meeting to see if we can agree on whay is correct.

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Yoong Liat wrote:

It is a 10-minute meeting. (This sounds good.)
It is 10 minutes' meeting. (This doesn't sound right to my ear.)

What do you, native speakers, think?

Many thanks.

It will be a ten-minute meeting.

It was a ten-minute meeting.

(Under what circumstances would you say "It is a ten-minute meeting"?)

btw, YL, it is not good style to write a number (10) in a phrase like that.

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Thanks, Mc Tag.

Your comments noted.

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