Do Dates Need Apostrophes?

Do dates need apostrophes? Though it may seem odd to have a number and letter next to each other without punctuation,

the plural has no apostrophe

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Do you use apostrophes with dates?

When to use an apostrophe for dates depends on how you want to write the date. Don’t add an apostrophe “s” to the end of the whole number. Instead,

for abbreviated dates, put the apostrophe in the front

. So both “Big hair was popular in the 1980s” and “Big hair was popular in the ’80s” are correct.

Is 1900s or 1900’s correct?

With double digits and above, many (but not everyone) regard the apostrophe as superfluous.

Most writers nowadays favor the 1900s, but some go with the 1900’s

. If numerals are used to identify decades, the ’30s is widely used, but you will also see the 30’s, and occasionally even the ’30’s.

Is it 1970s or 1970’s?

Is it 50s or 50’s?

There’s no requirement for the apostrophe before the “S” in decade names like 50s and 60s, since there are no omitted letters, though it’s also acceptable to include one. The term may be written “’50s” since “19” is being omitted, but

“50s” is fine too.

Does 1840s have an apostrophe?

First and foremost,

the apostrophe should NEVER EVER EVER be used to show a plural

(that is, any naming word [a noun] with –s on the end). For example, noodles, chocolates, flowers. This is also true of numbers and dates – tens, hundreds, thousands (10s, 100s, 1000s; 60s, 1840s, etc.).

Is it 1980s or 1980’s?

Abbreviating decades

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” ’80s” is abbreviated from “1980s”

and so is usually written with the apostrophe, but I think some style guides prefer to avoid the apostrophe altogether. Note that this is different from the incorrect usage “1980’s”, which is correct only if you’re saying “belonging to 1980” or “1980 is”.)

Does 2000s have an apostrophe?

Most style guides, like the Chicago Manual of Style and the AP Stylebook, recommend

omitting the apostrophe in names of decades and other plural words

. This is a matter of style rather than grammar.

Does 80s need an apostrophe?

Writing Decades

For instance, you would write “the 1980s,” or “the 1850s.”

You should not place an “apostrophe -s” after the decade

. Apostrophes are for forming contractions or indicating possession; they are not for forming plurals of numbers. Therefore it is incorrect to write “the 1980’s” or “the 1850’s.”

How do you write 60s and 70s?

It is acceptable to spell out a decade span and to abbreviate a decade span on second reference. When abbreviating a decade span,

put an apostrophe before the numbers (facing the correct way) but NOT before the “s.”

A decade cannot possess anything! NOT 60’s, but ’60s.

Is it 1990s or 1990’s?

Generally speaking,

1990s and 1990’s mean the same thing

. 1990s uses a more modern style of punctuation (or rather, a lack of). 1990’s is a more formal or traditional use of the apostrophe.

Is there an apostrophe after 90s?

Strictly speaking,

’90s, with the apostrophe, is correct

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Does 1950s need an apostrophe?

1950s refers to the entire decade. 1950’s is a reference to some fact or occurrence that belongs to the decade (e.g. The Twist was a 1950’s dance). Though it may seem odd to have a number and letter next to each other without punctuation,

the plural has no apostrophe

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Is it 30s or 30’s?

In short form

it’s the ’30s

, not the 30s or 30’s. When writing about something that happened in the middle of the 1930s, use mid-1930s or shorten to mid-’30s. But a person who is 35 is in his/her mid-30s.

Is there an apostrophe in 2010s?

Apostrophes for shortened words

There is no apostrophe before the s in plurals of abbreviations, e.g. ATMs, DPs (deputy principals), PMs (Prime Ministers) and the s is lowercase, so it doesn’t look like it’s part of the abbreviation. There is also

no apostrophe when writing the decades

, e.g. 1920s, 2010s.

Does 1940s need an apostrophe?

Which is the proper spelling of a generic age: 30s and 40s or 30’s and 40’s? A. Chicago’s preferred style is thirties and forties, but if you need to use numerals,

we recommend leaving out the apostrophes

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Which is correct 1800s or 1800’s?

Both forms of usage are correct

: “the 1800s” and “the 19th (or nineteenth) century.” Since the years of the nineteenth century begin with the numerals “18,” it is also called the “1800s” (pronounced eighteen hundreds). No apostrophe is necessary before the s. The 1800s was a time of industrialization.

Does 1920s have an apostrophe?

Although decades used to be written using the apostrophe ( the 1920’s),

currently the correct practice is to omit the apostrophe: the 1920s

. 3. The same rule applies to most plurals of abbreviations that used to have apostrophes: CDs, DVDs, TVs, URLs.

Is it 1000s or 1000’s?

Would you put an apostrophe in the 1870s?

Certainly

it is not correct to put an apostrophe between the numeral and the “s”

in your example. I constantly castigate my students for writing, “In the 1870’s … … ” rather than, “… the 1870s.” It is a plural, not a possessive.

Does 1930s have an apostrophe?

Don’t Use an Apostrophe in Plural Decades

Do you use an apostrophe or not when writing “1930s” (or should it be “1930’s”)? Decades are nouns, and they follow the same rules as other nouns. Rules for using apostrophes with decades are: decades as nouns – add “s,” no apostrophe (I wish I lived in the 1920s.)

Should 1700s have an apostrophe?

Plural numbers, acronyms and initialisms are often given an apostrophe before the s by mistake. Remember that these only take an apostrophe if they are possessive, such as a TV’s resolution.

When they are plural but not possessive, use only a lowercase s

: CEOs, ATMs, 1980s, 1700s, 123s, etc.

Is it 200’s or 200s?

Is it mid 1990s or mid 1990s?

Although many Americans do not write or say “in the midst of,” it is a correct phrase, but not for a time period, such as “

the mid-1990s

.” Instead one might write or say something like, “In the midst of the mid-1990s economic downturn,…”

How do you write 1700?

Therefore 1700 in words is written as

One Thousand Seven Hundred

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How do you write mid 80s?

Modifying the noun 80s with the adjective mid would be written as mid 80s. But creating word by appending the noun 80s to the prefix mid would be written as

mid-80s

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How do you use 80’s in a sentence?

It was Luciano Pavarotti in the 1980s who really popularized opera.

10. Until the 1980s almost all olives were packed into jars by hand. 11.

How do you write 90’s?

Here’s a tip: Decades should be written as

two-digit numbers with an apostrophe before them and an s after them

(e.g., ’90s). When in doubt, write it out. You can write the entire decade in numerals with an s after it (e.g., 1990s), or write out the words (e.g., the nineties).

Should nineties be capitalized?

Is it 22 or 22?

How do you write 19 twenties?

No apostrophe

. The same rule applies when you are referring to a decade, say, the 1920s. It is absolutely fine to put a letter after a number without an apostrophe between. If, however, you decide to drop the 19 from 1920s, you would insert an apostrophe to show that something is missing: the ’20s.

Does year 7s need an apostrophe?

How do you write 1970s in Chicago style?

Swing music was enjoyed in the 1930s and ’40s. However, The Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago) indicates that decades written as

abbreviated numerals

(the ’60s) are less formal than complete numerals (the 1960s).

When you shorten a year where does the apostrophe go?

According to this source the correct symbol to abbreviate year using two digits is an apostrophe: When abbreviating a year,

remove the first two numbers and indicate the omission by using an apostrophe

: 2009 becomes ’09 (not ’09) 2010 becomes ’10 (not ’10)

How do you write 40’s?

The “40s” is written as I just wrote it, or you can write the “1940s.” The apostrophe after the number is now ommitted.

Do not write, “1940’s” or “40’s.”

What does 20s mean in age?

/ˈtwen.t̬iz/ B2. A person’s twenties are the period in which they are aged

between 20 and 29

: I’d guess she’s in her twenties. the twenties.