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Bookmark or Share- in the 1980s/in the 1980's - WordReference ForumsThe apostrophe goes at the beginning if you're abbreviating a decade: 1980s = '80s Also, it's 30s, 50s, etc., if you're talking about someone's age: "I got married when I was in my 30s." The only time you would use an apostrophe is to form the plural of a single letter: "There are three e's in the word element."
- one and a half decade-s - WordReference ForumsOur First Date Anniversary Wow, how time flies. It's been a decade and a half, FIFTEEN years since our first date. Rural Revisited: A Decade and a Half of Practice. (book title) After Nearly a Decade and a Half, a New Digital Solutions Fair, Feel the Future, Hits the Stage. (headline) Tuberculosis in London: a decade and a half of no decline.
- in the 1970's or in 1970s? - WordReference ForumsThe dictionary defines "1970s" as "the decade from 1970 to 1979". This could give the impression that the two terms are interchangeable, but they are not: We can say "The decade from 1970 to 1979 saw many changes" ; We cannot say "1970s saw many changes" ; We can, however, say "The 1970s saw many changes" .
- Decades' worth or decades worth - WordReference ForumsThis year-in-review proofreading quiz has started me thinking about the use of the possessive before the word worth, as in this example: Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world, erupted in mass protests in January 2011, as the revolution in Tunisia inflamed decades worth of smoldering...
- decade's experience - WordReference ForumsIt's fine. Both are fine. A decade's experience is a decade of experience, and they're both equally natural and very common. One oddity that might give you pause is that this doesn't follow the usual reverse of positions with genitive and 'of' expressions: the king's daughter = the daughter of the king. But it just doesn't.
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