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Goronsky Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Superlative placement necessitates a change in punctuation
The greatest 1970s band was arguably The Rolling Stones.
(I say no apostrophe after '1970s' here, correct?)
But if we insert a superlative adjective after the decade, an apostrophe is required, right?
The 1970s' greatest band was arguably The Rolling Stones.
I know that we can easily modify the sentence to read 'The Rolling Stones were arguably the greatest band of the 1970s', but I was curious about the punctuation in these inverted constructions.
Also, I am not sure whether the definite article 'the' should be capped before 'Rolling Stones'.
Thanks.
(I say no apostrophe after '1970s' here, correct?)
But if we insert a superlative adjective after the decade, an apostrophe is required, right?
The 1970s' greatest band was arguably The Rolling Stones.
I know that we can easily modify the sentence to read 'The Rolling Stones were arguably the greatest band of the 1970s', but I was curious about the punctuation in these inverted constructions.
Also, I am not sure whether the definite article 'the' should be capped before 'Rolling Stones'.
Thanks.
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goronsky I know that we can easily modify the sentence to read 'The Rolling Stones were arguably the greatest band of the 1970s', but I was curious about the punctuation in these inverted constructions. I would use the alternate, but understand the apostrophe marks the genitive rather than a attributive (clearly not correct in this sentence). goronsky Also, I am not sure whether the definite article 'the' should be capped before 'Rolling Stones'.
- goronsky I know that we can easily modify the sentence to read 'The Rolling Stones were arguably the greatest band of the 1970s', but I was curious about the punctuation in these inverted constructions.
- I would use the alternate, but understand the apostrophe marks the genitive rather than a attributive (clearly not correct in this sentence).
- goronsky Also, I am not sure whether the definite article 'the' should be capped before 'Rolling Stones'.
- " "The" is part of their name.
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goronskyI know that we can easily modify the sentence to read 'The Rolling Stones were arguably the greatest band of the 1970s', but I was curious about the punctuation in these inverted constructions.I would use the alternate, but understand the apostrophe marks the genitive rather than a attributive (clearly not correct in this sentence).
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