1920's - Quickstep Vs Charleston

Dances of the Roaring Twenties

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• ballroom
• roaring
• twenties

[franc6]

@Aaron1912 2011s = iPhone.

[Aaron1912]

He's actually wrong. I just spoke with my English teacher and she said you do write an apostrophe. ('S) is used as a plural in letters ("Watch your P's and Q's.") and ("How many and's in that passage?") Also signs, numbers, and dates ("She lived in the 1980's.") Thus, the 1920's is definitely correct and in fact is cited as a specific example in Webster's International. 1920's is possessive of number, form and substance and all possessive words use an apostrophe. All. No exceptions.

[wdashwor]

@MrCountArugula Say Count, before recommending the firing squad, you might want to check out the Wikipedia article on apostrophes. Scroll down to "Use in forming certain plurals."

[Aaron1912]

There is an apostrophe. Walk into any music store or just visit Amazon and you will see thousands of CD covers which show an apostrophe e.g. 80's Pop Hits......Greatest Hits of the 1960's etc.

[MrCountArugula]

@Aaron1912 Your English teacher is an idiot. We do not use the 's to denote the plural. We can write: Ps and Qs; P's and Q's is also possible but only because it might be hard to read. Years are written: 1980s. There is no possession in that date; that date is also not a contraction. Your English teacher should be shot.

[jdjep]

@Aaron1912 The 1920s is a collection of years (1920, 1921, etc.) and hence “1920s” is plural which does not require an apostrophe. E.G. "1920's fashion" = the fashion of the year 1970 ONLY. "1920's music" = the music of the year 1970 ONLY. Though that's an unconventional possessive, it's sound. In no other general circumstance is the apostrophe correct, including 'in the 1920s.'

[jdjep]

@sociology1964 Moron for being correct?

[sociology1964]

@jdjep moron correcting others

[TheCARENTAN]

Joli

Supers danseurs ( et danceuses :) )

[mylene0wnt]

i freaking love 2:19 on !

[oONodokaOo]

@Schnuqqifreaki Haha I KNOW!! Seriously I could dance all day to this!! :D

[Cormy1Live]

@Aaron1912 LOLOLOLOL okay I had to say this because you added "No exceptions."

"Its" is an exception. It's is the contraction of "it is" and its is the possessive.