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" I did it for convenience sake or convenience's sake " ? I asked this question somewhere but it seems baffling those who tried to answer it, though :P.
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I think it should be "I did it for convenience sake" as it is a reworking of "I did it for the sake of convenience".
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" I did it for convenience sake or convenience's sake " ? I asked this question somewhere but it seems baffling those who tried to answer it, though :P.
I think you should compromise and use the apostrophe but drop the es.

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