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I believe I have used the apostrophe when writing 1960s, etc. Good to know the rule, even though I'll need to get used to no apostrophe looking right. Does the
by moogabi 13y ago
I believe I have used the apostrophe when writing 1960s, etc. Good to know the rule, even though I'll need to get used to no apostrophe looking right. Does the same rule apply when abbreviating 1960s as 60s. In this case, would an apostrophe go before the 6, thus '60s?
- yebyen 13y agoApostrophe has two uses as far as I know... one is for elision ('60s indicates that "19" has been elided or omitted) and possession (The 1910s' greatest author was Franz Kafka) The "grocer's apostrophe" or "grocers' apostrophe" is what's incorrectly added to the plural form like what you're describing, the short answer is yes. '60s not 60's.
- btilly 13y agoSingle quotes have another use. Which is to mark off quotations inside of quotations. Technically speaking you use single quotes there, but not apostrophes. However I mention it because the quotation mark that you used is a single quote.
- yebyen 13y agoThanks. My keyboard only has one apostrophe/single quote key, as I suspect most do, but I have been learning to use the compose key and I appreciate little details like that.
- aestra 13y agoThe apostrophe has three uses: To form possessives of nouns To show the omission of letters To indicate certain plurals of lowercase letters Rules and examples (including the decade examples): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/621/01/ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/621/01/