May 4, 2009 · 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." As an example: I bought a lot of CDs in the '80s (or 1980s), when I was in my 20s. I hope this helps.

Oct 11, 2013 · If 1980s' is used, it indicates possession for the entire decade. If "1980s" is used, it's referring to all the years in that decade but not in a possessive manner. The only reason an apostrophe would be used in the latter instance is in the shortened version, e.g.

Apr 14, 2011 · If I want to rephrase "He is 85 years old", which of the following two should I use: He is in his 80's or He is in his 80s?

Dec 10, 2017 · Investigator: Didn't he used to work with you in the 1980s? Suspect: Oh, yes. I've just remembered. It's coming back to me now. He was dismissed for misusing the photocopier. But I still can't remember his name. That's quite different from this other example: I remember my first day at secondary school. I was so nervous, I could never forget it.

Feb 14, 2018 · You could also undertake your own search in Google Books to discover that there are many examples of "twist in the tail" in books published in the 19th century - all referring to animals' tails - but "twist in the tale" does not appear until the latter half of the 20th century - possibly as late as the 1980s.

Jun 23, 2019 · The word Onion was used because they had bald heads with a pony tail which looked like an onion. The Irish were called ducks because of the 1980s tv series Duck Tails. Scrooge McDuck was Irish and the Chinese really like the show Duck Tails.

Jun 12, 2013 · The Church had continued to lose members in the 1970s and 1980s, yet it remained a powerful source of social criticism. In Europe, accidents are now the third most important cause of death, and yet fatalities represent only the tip of the iceberg. I have taken all these examples from the British Corpus (BNC).

Feb 6, 2012 · [early 16thC-mid 17thC] a tun, [18thC] a goat, [late 19thC] a tick [cf. DRUNK AS A TICK], [1920s>] a goog/googy egg, a goose, a lord, [1940s>] a boot, [1950s>] a bull, a fiddler, a fiddler's fart, an egg, [1960s] a bull's bum, [1960s>] a fairy's phone book, a seaside shithouse on Boxing Day, the family po, a state school/state school hat rack ...

Jan 14, 2021 · Nevertheless, Ngram does attest "how fun" as a recent phenomenon, arising in the 1980s and growing, but curiously in the same period the other options ("what fun", "how much fun") have also been growing substantially.

Sep 21, 2008 · Subcorpus of the BNC (100 million words, 1980s-1993) most ugly - 5 ugliest - 42 a few other examples from the corpora: (1) Benedict's steely gaze was upon her, a most ugly light in his eye [ a bit different usage here ] (2) Despite the progress made racism and its most ugly manifestations, racial attacks and harassment,