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Comments:
| lisa - 16th October 2005 00:05
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| the apostrophe has to come after 1980 as it's the technology of the 1980s not the technology of 1980 as an apostrophe before the s would indicate
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| Kaiser Soze - 6th October 2006 19:29
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| The apostrophe in this case is not used as genitive, as Lisa suggested, but as noun plural suffix. Therefore, it refers to the entire decade. As for the sentence, 1980's seems the best option to me, since 1980's would become an adjective and technology, the noun.
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| Leo Girard - 23rd September 2007 18:18
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| How many other noun plural suffix'es or any suffix'es have apostrophe's in their plural'ization's?
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| Doris K. - 24th September 2007 01:03
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| 1980s is being used as an adjective in the sentence, as such we shouldn´t use ´s . It is not a matter of possession.
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| Jenny - 27th January 2008 13:42
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| Doris - it is a matter of possession - it is technology 'elonging to the decade
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| Vidableek - 27th September 2008 20:49
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| If you use the full year, it's 1980s. If you just say the decade, it's 80's.... I guess.
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