All relief is appreciated.d A. Leon Polhill, Gator
________________________________ From: Cecilia <gator...@bellsouth.net> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 3:38:35 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post Actually, Zeb, that apostrophe is misplaced and often is, even in the writing of learned folks. If you consult a writing handbook, you will find that a reference to the years 1960-1969 should be written "'60s", not "60's", with the leading apostrophe there to denote the omission of the 1 and the 9. The term is not possessive, and, therefore, the apostrophe between the 0 and the s is incorrect. That being said, it is considered correct to insert an apostrophe when pluralizing a letter. It is correct to write, for example, "My son got 5 A's on his report card". That is done so that the reader will not confuse the plural of "A" with the word "As". Thank you for providing a way for me to kill 5 minutes of this endless wait for kickoff... Cee ----- Original Message ----- >From: John Vega >To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com >Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 2:42 PM >Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald and >Palm Beach Post > > >The apostrophe that I will never understand is why the decade of the Sixties >is often written as "60's" as opposed to "60s." > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
