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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Spelling out the year in quoted dialogue

I have to spell out the year in quoted dialogue for work. Are these correct?

He said, “I like the nineteen-eighty-two song ‘I Love Rock and Roll.’ ”

“I loved the nineteen-seventies' fashions!” Apostrophe after “seventies”?

Joe said, “Nineteen fifty-nine was a great year for rock and roll.”

She said, “My sister was born in nineteen seventy-eight, and my brother was born in nineteen-seventy.”

Are the hyphens correctly employed in the aforementioned examples?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

the nineteen seventies' fashions'. was born in nineteen seventy'. The others are correct.

  • the nineteen seventies' fashions'.
  • was born in nineteen seventy'.
  • The others are correct.
  • Rover
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'...the nineteen eighty-two song...'

'...the nineteen seventies' fashions'.

'...was born in nineteen seventy'.

The others are correct.

Rover

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