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[antsy]

Just to see, Just to clarify I am talking about decades and not something possesive to the year 70.

[+djdanster]

70's

[+jamesyfx]

Not entirely sure, but I would say 70s, without any apostrophe.

[pack34]

Wouldn't standard ownership rules apply regarding apostrophes?

[xendrome]

'70s

[antsy]

jamesyfx, on 29 December 2012 - 21:05, said:

Not entirely sure, but I would say 70s, without any apostrophe.

There is a contraction of 19 though.

[+jamesyfx]

antsy, on 29 December 2012 - 21:10, said:

There is a contraction of 19 though.

If I was asked to clarify, I would probably write either '70s or 1970s, but I think in common parlance 70s is more likely to mean 1970s than the literal decade of 70-80 AD.

[RatherLargeBear]

'70s

[Colin McGregor]

'70s

[jeston]

'70s is definitely correct.

[Lord Method Man]

'70s, because you are contracting the 19, and because you are referencing a plural amount of years within a decade and not implying that the decade owns something.

[Growled]

70's I believe.

[+hedleigh]

I was around during the '70s.
I am in my 70's.

As examples.

[Enron]

None of those are correct. Use the entire 4 digit years or repeat the errors that brought us to our doom in Y2K.

[*RedBull*]

hedleigh, on 30 December 2012 - 00:24, said:

I was around during the '70s.
I am in my 70's.

As examples.

This.

Enron, on 30 December 2012 - 00:36, said:

None of those are correct. Use the entire 4 digit years or repeat the errors that brought us to our doom in Y2K.

I'm sure we can trust someone named Enron....