A call to the knowledgeable people of my flist!

Which sentence is correct, apostrophe-wise:

"Written in the 1960's, this book..."

"Written in the 1960s, this book..."

From: [identity profile] maharetr.livejournal.com


Yay! That was the correct answer, too! (means I don't have to go back and change all the catalouging records I've been doing)

Thank you!

From: [identity profile] callistra.livejournal.com


Yep on both accounts. I hate people who abuse the poor apostrophe! It's not that hard, dammit, learn how to use them correctly!

From: [identity profile] maharetr.livejournal.com


I was cataloguing books at work, and using the example sentence a lot, because they were old books and we needed to indicate that. I'd type in 1960s, and the program would turn it red (i.e. wrong), but I ignored it and forged ahead. Then I was reading some lecture notes: "The 1980's saw a surge in the demand for..." and had an attack of the doubts. *gleefully corrects her tutor's lecture notes* [grin]

From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/doctor_k_/


Plurals have no apostrophes. eg car - cars.
Except for hers and yours and its.

Possessives and contractions do.
eg Maharetr's query
It is - it's

From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/doctor_k_/


ah. early. no coffee yet.

hers, yours and its are clearly possessives, not plurals, and the exceptions to possessives having apostrophes.
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