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Cloudpixie Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Apostrophe placement in 80's music
Could you please tell me where the apostrophe should be if the meaning is in the possessive sense, to mean music of the 1980s?
My father loved 80s music. (Or, 80's music.)
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My father loved ' 80s music. (x-posted)
- My father loved ' 80s music.
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"80's" in "80's music" can hardly be possessive. Instead, "80's music" is an unnecessary way of writing "80s music", where the "s" is a plural. 80s, short for 1980s, means the years 1980 to 1989. Some people write '80s.
"80s' music" is theoretically possible but unpleasant in practice.
"1980's music" is possible. This is a possessive, meaning the music of 1980 (the single year, not
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