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Originally Posted by El Detective
El apostrofe significa posesión. Esta poco difícil a ver en este caso porque el posesíon refiere a la plabra no escrito; la década. Inglés puede ser complicado, no?
Joel
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Hola Joel:
You are abosolutely right about English being complicated. There are so many rules!
Sin embargo, es común usar el apostrofe asi pero no es obligatorio. Es apropiado escribir los decadas en cualquier manera...1940's o 1940s.
"
For groups of years, the apostrophe at the end
cannot be regarded as necessary, since there is no possibility of misreading. For this reason,
most authorities prefer 1960s to 1960's[22] (although the latter is noted by at least one source as acceptable in American usage
[23]), and
90s or
'90s to
90's or '
90's."
El apostrofe no siempre significa posesión.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophes
Use in forming certain plurals