May 4, 2009聽路 Hi all, Which is correct expression, in the 1980s or in the 1980's? And is the needed? Much obliged!
Nov 9, 2007聽路 The 1980s' mentality towards AIDS was much different [note placement]. Or, if you're refering to a single year, you could say, 1980's theme song was "All I do is love".
Oct 1, 2020聽路 My connection with pandas goes back to my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, when I was the first Western TV reporter ______ (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued.
Aug 17, 2014聽路 Should I say: As mentioned, the city has been polluted since 1980s. or, As is mentioned, the city has been polluted since 1980s. Which one is correct, and why?
Aug 11, 2016聽路 "The '80s" is short for "the 1980s" in most contexts, though if one were writing a history of the 19th century, it might be short for "the 1880s." As you can tell from the previous paragraph, I don't.
Oct 31, 2015聽路 Being set in the 1980s is being treated as a quality of the movie that we are describing, just like being in black and white. We are not telling of the past event when the writer gave it a 1980s.