I'm getting necessary rest before kickoff. Back off. A. Leon Polhill, Gator
________________________________ From: "ken...@earthlink.net" <ken...@earthlink.net> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 4:35:39 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald andPalm Beach Post What if you want to make '60s possessive? For example,"'60s music" Would that be "'60's music" Go Gators!!!! Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed ________________________________ From: "Cecilia" Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 15:38:35 -0400 To: <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
