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How to use an apostrophe: the flowchart. Click the link for the whole darned thing.
How to use an apostrophe: the flowchart. Click the link for the whole darned thing.
5 comments:
«I attended college in the late 90s and early 2000s.»
Notwithstanding that the writer is a baby,[1] I actually prefer an
apostrophe in the first number, in a different spot, indicating
omission: “ the late ’90s ”.
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[1] Damn! The writer could well be 30 now. Time flies like an arrow.
I'm with Barry on the date thing: Skip the apostrophe after years but put it before decades to show omission: '00s.
Love the flow chart! I'm going to send my students to your blog to check it out...
Mark and Barry- That's exactly as her example instructs: "late '90s"
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