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the one where ross says a slur (quokk.au)

submitted 1 day ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

That's like, your opinion, man. It's not a universally agreed-on rule.

New York Times Manual of Style and Usage (1999):

decades should usually be given in numerals: the 1990's; the mid-1970's; the 90's. But when a decade begins a sentence it must be spelled out.

The Chicago Manual of Style (2003):

9.37 Decades. Decades are either spelled out (as long as the century is clear) and lowercased or expressed in numerals. No apostrophe appears between the year and the s.

Same goes for initialisms, e.g. CDs vs CD's.

EDIT: to be clear, I prefer no apostrophe too, I just didn’t like the unnecessary condescension. One thing worse than a grammar nazi is a wrong grammar nazi.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The CD's (singular) tracks and the CDs' (plural) tracks. Or would it be CD's'? That's my one gripe with putting the apostrophe s for acronyms.

But then when talking about someone getting "all As" in school, it's easy there to realize what's being said, but when someone asks "What grades did you get in school?" And you respond "As," now it's just the word as.

Grammarizing spoken word is a major part of my job and I think about this shit all the time, and sometimes things conflict, and it's dumb, it's all dumb! That's it!

[–] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

But then when talking about someone getting "all As" in school, it's easy there to realize what's being said

Some would think that there is supposed to be a ' in there but no, the additional "s" is simply missing.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I read your comment a few times before I understood it. Thank you