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If 1 week (or a week) it would be week's time. Anything more than 1, it would be weeks' time.

Posted By: nm on 2009-04-04
In Reply to: Patient has an appt in a weeks time. - sm

Subject: If 1 week (or a week) it would be week's time. Anything more than 1, it would be weeks' time.




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Subject: week's time

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Subject: one weeks' time...............nm

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Subject: 4 weeks' time nm

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Subject: is it protime, pro-time, or spelled out prothrombin time? also, where did you find it.. i've looked.

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Subject: with time are you supposed to put the word hour after the time, i.e. 1600 hours

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