In my letter I want to offer, return travel and two nights accommodation
It seems to me that:
"accommodation" is the noun - the thing that is being offered
"nights" is the adjective describing the noun.
So there is no possession relationship and an apostrophe is not necessary. Therefore it is nights and not nights'
Similarly I coul offer one night accommodation not one night's accommodation
Do you agree?
Chris
Apostrophe and adjectives
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Re: Apostrophe and adjectives
There is no possession in the legal sense, but there is grammatical possession, and the apostrophe is therefore necessary! Thus:
one day's/night's/week's (etc.) accommodation
two days'/nights'/weeks' (etc.) accommodation.
You may possibly be getting these determinative nouns confused with (invariable) compound adjectives such as 'three-day' in a three-day trip. Sometimes, of course, both constructions are possible, so that two weeks' vacation is essentially the same in meaning as a two-week vacation.
one day's/night's/week's (etc.) accommodation
two days'/nights'/weeks' (etc.) accommodation.
You may possibly be getting these determinative nouns confused with (invariable) compound adjectives such as 'three-day' in a three-day trip. Sometimes, of course, both constructions are possible, so that two weeks' vacation is essentially the same in meaning as a two-week vacation.