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That's my two cents worth

 
 
Reply Thu 2 Nov, 2017 05:16 am
Should I write the following sentence with the apostrophe or not? I think the first is American English whilst the second is British English. What do you think?

That's my two cents worth..

or

That's my two cents' worth.

Thank you.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 2 Nov, 2017 05:36 am
@paok1970,
We don't use the phrase 2 cents worth in the UK. We don't have cents.
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Thu 2 Nov, 2017 06:28 am
@paok1970,
You can get your dime's worth, too.
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centrox
 
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Reply Thu 2 Nov, 2017 08:19 am
In US English the apostrophe follows the s of cents. In all of English the apostrophe follows the final s in a possessive plural. English people used to to say two penn'orth (two penny worth).
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Thu 2 Nov, 2017 12:10 pm
@paok1970,
Paok [this time spell right]. Technically yes you need it. However nobody here'd use it

Techly we could go into further detail: For instance a hyphen would make 'two cents' a compound adjectival modifier. But then wonder if need " ' "
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