Can I say "a four days' seminar"?

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eeshu

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I know it's perfect to say "a four-day seminar" and "four days of seminar". But can I say "This was a four days' seminar" or "It's a two hours' ride from here"?
 

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... and it's not perfect to say 'four days of seminar'.
 

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It's not colloquial in my experience.

You can say 'We had four days of seminars'.
 
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