November 26, 2006
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Grammar Part 3
Your teacher is not as smart as you thought. A survey was given to check the nation’s literacy skills. Two-thirds of the teachers made a basic apostrophe mistake. The test was actually given to more than 2,000 workers from “key professions.” Here is the link: Link
Two-thirds of the people from the “key professions” missed the following question:
Which of the following is correct?
# 1 The 70s was a great decade for music.
# 2 The 70′s was a great decade for music.
Comments (225)
#1, I’m pretty sure.
1
The 70′s were…?
I honestly don’t know that one. I’d go with The ’70s were great years for music.
Um. yay Jimi Hendrix.
wow thats unbelievable. it’s number 2.
isn’t it 1, but everyone says 2? i even write 2 but i am pretty sure it’s 1. actually, i would have put ‘the 70s were a good decade for music.” lol i lose.
To me some of the rules about apostrophe placement are rather abstract. Kind of like jargon. You have to know it to be accepted by the profession, but it doesn’t really matter anywhere else.
Dr. Carasco
hah, its a trick question, music from that decade suck.
you should find out how many people have you on their links bar right at the top of their window. and the ones that don’t check their xanga and only check yours. lol
#2
Hmmm… I’m guessing that the first one is correct. But I’m not sure on this one. It’s not possessive or a contraction….
it’s #1
70′s were, isn’t it?
I’d guess choice #2. The music belongs to the year 1970, hence the apostrophe. It is a true statement too. Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, CCR, the list is endless.
#1…and instead of was, it should be were.
lol
1
Article says it’s #1.
Ok, google is telling me it’s the ’70s. English contradicts itself a lot.
It’s gotta be #1
#2 doesn’t actually make sense.
I believe #1 is correct in England, and #2 is correct in the United States, according to Lynne Truss in Eats, Shoots and Leaves.
I’m still bitter at Mrs. Sanky (4th grade) for giving me detention when I argued the fact that “Bingo” was the name of the Farmer and not the dog! I hope she rots in hell. I had a good point.
Nunber 2
It doesn’t necessarily have to be a contraction or a possessive form to have an apostrophe. For example, “do’s and don’t's” is a grammatical group of words.
#2, unfortunately i would have to disagree with both #1 and #2. “The 70′s music sucked”. We had all the music we needed by 1969.
#1
the first
# 1. Nik is wrong. That decade rocked.
# 1. 70′s means a noun comes after the word, so it “belongs” to the 70′s. Jenny’s car. Mike’s shirt.
It should also say “were”. Not “was”.
I’m no ESL teacher, but I at least know that much. Shame, shame on those who don’t even have a decent grasp of grammar…
And HEY now! Led Zeppelin IV came out in 1971! Don’t say music from the WHOLE decade sucked. (The 60s were better, but come on. Led Zepp IV!).
I’m more confused over whether or not the 70s would be plural or singular, 10 years, but one decade?
The 70s were a great decade? 1970 to 1979 was a great decade? I dont know!
as for as 70s vs 70′s I going to vote 70s, Seventies, not Seventy’s
But when did English follow logic?
Number one ftw.
Actually, it should probably read “The ’70s were a great decade for music.”
I think it’s the first, but I would actually put the apostrophe before the seven if it were me… ’70s, because it’s short for 1970s. Like how you would write ’cause instead of because, and put an apostrophe to denote the missing part of the word.
#1 (without looking at other answers).
Uhm, #1, I think. But, I’m not sure. I’ve seen it both ways. But, it’d make more sense, since it’s plural, not posessive…
2?
I would argue that #1 maintains as correct with “was” rather than “were”– if “70s” is understood as a single unit– as “the flock was flying”– but if “70s” means a group of two digit years beginning with a seven, then you would use were– “the birds were flying”
Your able too figure out most things using a fourth grade education. Like the two errors in the previous sentence.
numero uno.
numero uno.
hah, its a trick question, music from that decade suck.
Posted 11/26/2006 at 10:55 PM by NikBv
I think he’s onto something.
I would argue that #1 maintains as correct with “was” rather than “were”– if “70s” is understood as a single unit– as “the flock was flying”– but if “70s” means a group of two digit years beginning with a seven, then you would use were– “the birds were flying”
Posted by ArchonHouse
The way I understand it, “The ’70s”, or the 1970s, is the years (plural) between 1970 and 1979, so “were” is correct.
Are you sure this UK news article pertains to American teachers?
So, my html didn’t close like I thought it did. Damn, damn, damn.
#1
they’re both wrong, grammatically speaking, it’s in the incorrect tense.
The 70′s were a great decade for music.
hahahaha, and people honestly think it’s one or two. well.. wait a sec……
i can see why.
1
Definitely #1 — no apostrophe necessary!
And I knew that before reading the article. And after reading it, I’m pretty appalled at the teachers — those questions were easy!
#1… as far as the apostrophe is concerned
I think number 1, but I was taught number 2 in school.
Dorky English Major’s answer: #1
Most definitely.
I’m going with #1…… could be wrong though.
Thanks for the prayers for Mom, & for linking her site… I’m sure she’ll be happy to see all the prayers, & well wishes everyone left. Talked to TA, & she’s stabalized, now it’s a waiting game to find out what the test say. Will keep her site & mine updated with any news. Thanks again for your prayers. 
I think that it’s 70s because if you spell out the word it’s seventies, and since it’s not spelled out seventie’s, then it shouldn’t be spelled out 70′s and also, the seventies aren’t possessive of anything in this sentence, so, I suppose if it was, then it would be more like seventies’, so I’m going to stick with 70s for this phrase, but I don’t see why it REALLY matters since everyone knows what it means either way.
I really do over-analyze everything…
# 2 The 70′s was a great decade for music.
#1 is correct.
This is the most divided debate there’s ever been on your site, Dan.
And that was what my teacher taught me, haha. So he’s wrong.
(Or maybe I just don’t listen correctly)
#1 is right but everybody does #2.
#1. #2 make is sound like “70″ owns it.
No, the 70′s WERE.
#1
Ack, I’m stupid!
No apostrophe, but were stands!
1, because 70s is not possessive.
One.
In the was/were debate:
The 70s is seen as a single, set block of time (known as a decade).
Thusly, “was.”
It would’ve said “The 70s were years of great music”
2
…or something to that extent.
It’s number one.
Speaking of teachers and bad grammar, my speech teacher had this question on a quiz he handed out: “If you were a pancake in a stack of pancakes which pancake would you are?”
I tried pointing this out to him along with the fact that this question had nothing to do with interviewing (what the quiz was over), but he wouldn’t hear any of it.
the first, because an apostraphe signifies posession, and the 1970s is trying to signify multiple years in the decade 1970-1979, so a single S is necessary. Like the plural word BOOKS, it wouldn’t be Book’s to show plural.
God it’s sad when I’m good at grammar.
Personally, I like two. Whether it is right or not – who cares?
Ms. DemocraticBean:
The years were a decade; the decade was full of great music.
The subject is “years”, so the correct verb is “were”. Don’t let that “decade” throw you.
Some of us wrestle with deep economic and philosophical questions, some of us have interesting hobbies. And then you get retards who are obsessed with spelling and grammar…I usually tell that I speak 5 languages so they had better shut up. Seriously, there are bigger things to worry about than the finer points of grammar. Some grammar and some spelling is obviously important but obsessing over tiny rules is just retarded.
i think technically neither are right. i think since “70s” or “70′s” is a contraction of “1970s” or “1970′s” its supposed to have an appostraphe in front of the “70″ to indicate that it is a contraction of a larger number. at least that is what i was taught in school. but then again if my teachers werent as smart as i thought they were it could be wrong. but given the choices id go with #1.
The first one is correct. I am the copy editor of my school’s newspaper. My chemistry teacher gave my class a guide to a lab we had to do and it was full of errors. I told him if he was a journalism student and I was copy editing his paper I would find it unacceptable. He countered that he didn’t have very much time to write it because he wanted to require less work out of us. Guess who won that argument?
I like #2 better, regardless of the correct answer.
#1. I am 110% positive. I laugh at the people who say “It’s #2. Wow, people are stupid,” or something of that sort. HAH in your face..
English sucks and the 70′s rocked
Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, AC/DC, The Eagles,The Grateful Dead, The Guess Who,Lynyrd Skynyrd, . . .
It’s #1!!!!!! People make this mistake with CDs and DVDs too. It drives me nuts. However, I don’t think that teachers’ recognition of this apostrophe rule necessarily correlates with their intelligence/ability to teach. However, if they were English teachers, then that is just sad.
The 70s is the decade. That is what is being referred to in the sentence. It is not the 70s’ music that is the subject of the sentence, so there is no way #2 is right. Even if the apostrophe were supposed to be there, it is in the wrong place.
PS. I think you should post the correct answer to this question so that people will know!!! Unlike most of your questions, which are subjective, this one has a definite right answer, and you should inform the uneducated masses =)
Neither, ’70s.
#1 is correct, I believe.
#2 is saying ” the seventies is was a great decade for music.
If only given those two options I would go with the second, but it should state “The 70′s were…..”
the 70s is a SINGLE decade
the 70s WAS a good decade for music
number one is correct in every way
Neither. The verb should be WERE.
70s
Ms. Super_piggie
the subject IS the 70s
which is singular when you understand that the 70s is a (single) decade
The 70s was is still correct
1!!!! number onneeeee
Einstein:
The subject IS plural.
The years (plural) referred to as the seventies (plural) were well before my time.
They (plural) made up a decade.
Number two means “The 70 is was a great decade for music,” which is clearly wrong. It’s (the apostrophe there means “it is”) not possesive, nor is it a contraction. Also, an S at the end of a word does not imply that an apostrophe should be used! Sometimes it is just pluralizing the word, like in this case.
Yes, I’m a grammar Nazi. It is not that hard, there is no excuse for teachers (of all people) to not know this.
This is way fun to read. And Super_Piggie is right about the were vs. was.
Annoying thing # 3,245,782,349,573:: When you mean to comment on a post with your main xanga, and don’t realize you’re logged into your other account. Dammit!
Or in the words of the general populace “when you mean too comment on a post with you’re main xanga and dont realize your logged into you’re other account”.
It hurt to type that.
Both are wrong… the 70s was NOT a great decade for music.
Neither, numbers under a hundred are to be written
First – the comma shows the possesive pronoun.
Hey Dan, the article is discussing a British survey. I’m curious to know if American teachers would fare much better.
#1 is correct by the way. Read the book, Eats Shoots and Leaves for plenty of grammar fun.
I believe the second one is the correct answer. I was never good at figuring out what was a noun or verb but I always got great grades on my papers. I know how to write I just cant tell you what each word is and what it does. Its weird I know and I dont know how to explian it. lol Oh well I’ve made it this far so I guess it cant be that bad not to know it….. I’m not even convising myslef!!!! lol
Neither. It should be ’70s!
…’cause there’s a “19″ being truncated, so it needs an apostraphe there…
i love how people say its a retarded question and then incorrectly say #2. And if they didn’t know it was apparently spelled out by reading the article.
do these people even click on the links you post?
and its not WERE. its was. god. a single decade. not a plural noun people -rolls eyes-
english is NOT my first language and i know this >>
Also, it should be “were,” not “was.” The seventies were a decade. It would be wrong to say that those ten years was a decade. The ducks were in a flock — not the docks was in a flock. You’re only allowed to use “was” in that context if you’re ghetto, in which case I hope the grammar nazis or the police take care of you, whichever group gets to you first.
I love the way people are just assuming that many people called it a retarded question and then answer #2. Only one person did that, which ends up making a fool of both the person who’s bad at grammar and the fool who made fun of that fool. Thus, I transcend and laugh at all of your stupidity. Pathetic.
pretty sure i already knew my teacher was a retard =)
OKAY. To make myself PERFECTLY CLEAR.
Subject: The ’70s (The correct truncation)(Or 1970s, or seventies) (All of which are PLURAL)
Predicate:
Verb: WERE (because it is a PLURAL SUBJECT)
Predicate Nominal: a decade
Prepositional phrase: of good music.
You can lose the prepositional phrase, and you are left with:
“The seventies were a decade.” This is a true and grammatical statement.
“The seventies was a decade” is not grammatical.
It’s exciting to know things!
I’m so far past Grammar Nazi, I’m Grammar Hitler.
It should be the first one, but probably fits into that new category of recently evolved changes in grammar and spelling rules due to the increasing amount of stupid people who commonly make those mistakes. You know, everybody.
#2 might as well be the correct usage.
A decade as in ONE decade = not plural. Was wins!
Or maybe it is were? haha
I just wanted to say “is were”
Should the period have gone before or after the second quotation mark? I can never remember so I usually avoid quotations at the end of a sentence.
> I’d leave the apostrophe, ’cause I’m a’n't a k’y pr’f'ss’on’l…. lolrof
Peace (sorry, couldn’t help myself!)
neither. its the 70′s were
#1
70s
1
It’s… I don’t really know. I’d have to go with the first one though, because of the way it would look written out.
I think that the 2nd one is wrong, but it is often written that way. I use an apostrophe when refering to a decade like this….. but I’m sure it is incorrect.
it’s the first one, ok? for anybody who said #2, this is why it’s not that: the apostraphe takes the place of a letter. that letter is “I”. with “I” substituted for the apostraphe, the sentance reads “the 70 is was a great decade for music” also, for those of you who think that homeschoolers aren’t as smart, i was homeschooled until 7th grade, and now i’m a junior with a B average, only because i still don’t turn in about half my assignments.
Number 1. But the seventies sucked.
Number one. I just want to know what good music was in the 70s!
1
#1
1
the 1st.
i must…i cannot resaist.
“Every time someone shortens up a word somethaing inside me dies…YOU + ARE = YOU’RE you illiterit s.o.b.”
Xx-Nicole-xX
#1.
I probably missed your birthday…. very sorry.
HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! (late)
Technically, #1 is correct.
-Guru on the Hill
First one.
#1
It’s actually number 2.
As the apostrophe is used to show the plural form of numbers.
ACtually.. in that case it might be number one.. I’m not sure.
You know, this betrays not general American stupidity, but general American ignorance.
All i know about grammar i learned simply from reading a lot when i was young. Now, that’s making me look unintelligent (when i encounter something i do not know intuitively), when in fact i was reading Les Miserables unabridged at age 10. I guess Les Miserables says nothing about music in the seventies.
Also, while there are quite a few grammar nazi/hitler/whatever-elses, no one (besides them, i guess, but really only in themselves) is really exactly sure what the answer is. This is purely a result of lack of teaching.
No one gets the alphabet wrong. All we need is to be taught. Bring grammar back into our schools!
The only thing i have a problem with is with our insulting each other because some of us were not taught well. There are cannons on both sides, and we’re firing. You may be right, but when you precede your grammar statements with things like “my gosh, people, what is wrong with you?” and “wow, all you guys are stupid”, it belies your intelligence.
Oh…and i have a reason for not capitalizing the word “I” except when it begins a sentence. I promise i will capitalize correctly on my research paper.
Thank you, and if you read all that, thank you again.
#1 is correct but I always put an ‘…guess that’s why I am going to be a teacher!!!!
hey, i ordered a cheeseburger…..
I know i probably made some grammar mistakes. Sorry. Teach me the better way, and i will walk in it.
#2
Um, I guess they want to know about apostrophes, not grammar.
This is a sad world in which we live.
BUT it used to be that the apostrophe went before. Like, 1999 became ’99. I don’t think you need an apostrophe to add the ‘s’.
For those of you saying it should say “were”, no it shouldn’t. It’s not describing the 70s, it’s describing the decade. The decade was.
well, honestly – are either right? I think that there should be an apostrophe before 70 – ’70s. First looking at it, I picked two, but I’m thinking that it’s probably #1 – with that other apostrophe. I dunno, that’s a tricky one. As can be seen from the other responses – a lot of disagreement, no?
this was a good grammar one, it’s nice to open the comment box and not have the answer plain in front of me from everyone else. keep up the good work, dan.
The first one, as the ’70s’ cannot have ownership, ‘possession of’.
Just remember the rule: It’s “its” unless it’s “it is,” when it’s “it’s.”
#1.. this article was written for my english teacher, who speaks in the third person :S
number 2 is the correct one.
#2 would be my guess. I haven’t read your commentors yet. That would be cheating, cause I’m sure some of them have figured it out by now!
Wow
It’s the first option, and all the people who said that the verb should be plural are wrong. The noun “decade” is a predicate noun, and points back to the subject (because ‘was’ is a linking verb). ‘Decade’ is a singular noun, therefore the singular verb is correct.
im going to go with 1. although i have never thought about it in this context before.
If you wrote the sentence: ‘The 70′s music was great”, it would include the apostrophe because it’s the music owned by the 70s.
I think.
An apostrophe is used to show ownership.
Thus, in the statement such as “The 70′s” the apostrophe is used as a qualifier of ownershp (whose object must follow directly afterward in the sentence). **Think, “1970′s Music Festival was much better than the one in 1972.”**
When the apostrophe is omitted, one is talking about the decade in its entirety, as in a general term. **Think, “The 70s was a great decade for music.**
Technically the first is correct, but I have seen grammar handbooks that say they are both acceptable.
I went to higshchool with a guy who liked to argue, so when the teacher took points off for my friend’s use of the apostrophe, my friend started searching grammar books and approached the teacher with several examples of how the apostrophe is correct.
I think it’s #2, but then I suck at english lol.
1
hmmmm, i dont know lol
i have seen it both ways but i am going with 2 because i put that in all my papers (70′s)
I’m pretty darn sure it’s #2.
2
i think it’s number 1 because technically its not possessing or owning anything and it’s not a contraction….but you are looking at the girl who types with no capitalization or punctuation anyway lol (when i do put it in, i force myself too:)
#1. ever going to publicly post the answer?
# 1
The English teacher I had my senior year of high school had bad grammar. It annoyed the hell out of me to read anything that she wrote. How sad is that?
1…I think almost all of my teachers took this test and they failed miserably. Therefore, they have no right to grade me like I’m going to Harvard, although we aren’t far behind Harvard on the 50 toughest school’s list.
oh don’t worry, i didn’t think they were that smart to being with.
It would be easier to remember if it didn’t change every couple of years. That doesn’t make teachers stupid, it only makes them ignorant, and speaking of ignorant, how ignorant is it that it changes every few years?
ONCE MORE, “decade” is not the subject; it is the predicate nominal.
#1…perfect score on the test!! yay!!
# 1 … coming from a so called “grammer nazi!”
one.
1 because if you keep the apostrophe like in #2 you need WERE instead of WAS
or do they both need were and it’s a trick?
post the answer….
#2
“Until quite recently, it was customary to write ‘MP’s’ and ’1980′s’ — and in fact this convention still applies in America” (Lynne Truss on page 46 of Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation). They even write this way in The New Yorker, which is one of the most prestigious American magazines.
Apostrophes are not used exclusively for the possessive case or contractions. They are also used to indicate plurals of letters (A’s, B’s, etc., even in England) and time (two weeks’ notice). On the other hand, they are not used to indicate the possessive form of pronouns (yours, its). Thus, the “but the apostrophe doesn’t make sense” argument fails.
And super_piggie — I understand you. You are perfectly clear. But you are still not correct. The seventies are a single unit of time.
Or, I should say, the seventies is a single unit of time. lol
number 1 I think.
#1
My teachers have always been dumbasses except for my seventh grade English teacher.
THESEPEOPLE ARE STUPID. ITS NUMBER ONE!!!
#1 is right. I hate when people put 70′s. It’s so annoying, it’s not right.
2!
nevermind, 1!
It’s a website from the United Kingdom, people.
Neither.
number 1 and contrary to everyone’s “it should be were”, it should be was, just like it is. Because the seventies isn’t referring to each year separately, it’s referring to the decade as a whole which is singular.
#2
numero 2, i’m guessing. (what’s the actual answer?)
Numbah 1
“the 70s” are considered singular (they are a decade, and a decade is one thing). thus, it is “was” and not “were.”
and i think it is 70s.
is it #2? yeah I’m pretty sure thats it. wow I wasnt sure about that one…that tells me that I need to pay more attention in class XD
1,
#2 is correct. And I would say ’70s, abbreviating the 1970s…
Number one, dudes.
” ‘s ” implies ownership or a contraction. “70s” is neither. It’s a plural.
I’m an English major.
niether
the 30s-40s were great decades for music
DIXIELAND!!!
#1
no apostrophe
#2
Hmm, I’m not sure
#1 makes more sense to me
Oh, dang it!
It’s neither of them
The verb and the noun don’t agree with each other
Hmm, spell check doesn’t see anything wrong with either, but I’d have to say #1 since it’s not possessive or contractive.
#1
Number 2 is the correct answer…Smile
#1. It’s not a possessive or contraction, as many have noted. It is not a strict pluralization either, but it is talking about a range of dates over 10 years, seventy to seventy-nine, so when grouped together it would be 70s. Just like “seventies,” not “seventy’s.” At least, I think that’s the way this works.
I think Lynn Truss makes the distinctions between British punctuation and American punctuation a bit too strict; I LOVE her book nonetheless.
And I agree with ericvandermolen
It don’t mean a thing…
(Pardon the bad grammar…)
I think it’s number 2, but I’m not sure.
-KrIsTiN-
Wheee!
its the 2nd see look at the 70′s it`sthe 2nd one duh .otherwise go back to 3rd grade where they teach this stuff k
#1 is grammatically correct. When there is a word that has an apostrophe “s” it is posessive: Joe’s teddy bear is on the floor. The example sentence states who the teddy bear belongs to, but in the case of a decade the posessive cannot be used. A decade cannot, in essence, “posess.” Since you are grouping all the years of the decade together: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. When you state ” the 1970′s was a great decade” it does not make sense. The “1970′s was a great year” would make sense, but you’re talking decades not a single year.
the first one
I belive it is #2.
“Apathy” is right and I am wrong. I needed to hear what she(?) wrote about ownership etc. and that’s correct. It is #1.
I thought it was #2, but others are saying that the article said it was #1, but theres “do’s and don’t's” and that has nothing to do with contractions or possession. Besides, I’ve puts 70′s or similar on papers before with all of my english teachers and not once have I been counted off for it.
Why do we have to be grammatically correct anyways?
I’ve found the proof that was, not were, is the correct verb.
Start by removing the modifiers: “70′s was decade” (or, if you prefer, “70s was decade”). We’ve formed a simple subject/verb/predicate nominative relationship to simplify things. Let’s look at another example:
Dogs are champions.
Would you ever say, “Dogs are champion”? Of course not. It’s ridiculous because dogs is plural and champion is singular. Thus, we learn that a subject and its predicate nominative must either both be plural or both be singular.
The predicate nominative decade is unquestionably singular, so the subject must also be singular. If you say seventies is plural, you are eliminating any possibility for a grammatical sentence to contain both words. If the seventies is plural, your sentence must read:
The seventies were great decades for music.
And that changes the meaning of the sentence. So we must conclude that, if the seventies is one decade, then the seventies is also singular. Dogs are champions; seventies is decade. “The seventies was a gread decade for music.”
And sugary_tears, if you’re from the United States, “70′s” is the way we roll. I actually prefer 70s, just like I prefer colour to color, but that’s not correct here.
Both depending on where you live.
Um. 70′s is NOT the way we roll. Unless you’re talking about something belonging to the year 1970.
Also, dogs are a species. Species, singular. Dogs, not. K.
Kelly Benchmark Guide to Grammar
Page five, number eight gives the following example for the apostrophe rule:
a) The 60s were a great decade for pop art.
b) The 60’s were a great decade for pop art.
Please note the use of “were” and not “was”. Please also note that choice “a” is correct.
we have a lot more pressing educational concerns than british empire grammatical oppression.
The 70′s- those were the days. #1 I over use the apostrophe so that’s why I vote #1.
1 because the 70s didn’t own anything. XD
Wait. maybe it’s neither.
70s’ ??
Oh who knows. That’s too hard
#1. 70s=70-79
70′s in #2 is the possessive form.
I would like to go with #1…pretty much sure.
I’ve just checked with my junior-level college Grammar professor, who has a doctorate in English composition. She says “was” is correct because “seventies” is a single chunk of time.
And actually, dogs is a species (or, to be biologically correct, cocker spaniel is a species). It’s a common mistake to write “are” because species appears to be plural, but as cocker spaniel is one type of dog, one species corresponds with it.
Giving more incorrect examples will not prove your case, Miss “I’m-gonna-be-all-defensive-even-though-no-one-is-attacking-me.” I agree, that is rather Hitler-like of you. Um. K.
:O
I would have missed it as well. But I’m not a teacher. That’s just scary.
#1?
I should know that, because we just reviewed that in school
1#
#1
I think my LA teacher wrote “70′s” {or some other number} on the board the other day… I actually got points deducted on one of my projects in the 8th grade because of a mistake like that… though I still don’t know the correct answer.
“its the 2nd see look at the 70′s it`sthe 2nd one duh .otherwise go back to 3rd grade where they teach this stuff k”
Right. You, of all people, are telling us to go back to third grade and I can see plenty of grammar errors in your sentence alone. [Capitalize the "I" in it's, oh and an apostrophe. There should be a period after every sentence. Any number below 100 should be written out, and "k" should be written out like this: 'kay.]
s the second one. See? Look, it’s the second one. Otherwise go back to the third grade where they teach this stuff, ‘kay?
I’m so mean. I love it.
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P.S. It’s neither, I think. It should be, “The ’70s was a great decade for music.”
I was taught that either is correct, and that it’s nothing more than an aesthetic difference– the sentence makes sense either way.