Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Spelling out the year in quoted dialogue
I have to spell out the year in quoted dialogue for work. Are these correct?
He said, “I like the nineteen-eighty-two song ‘I Love Rock and Roll.’ ”
“I loved the nineteen-seventies' fashions!” Apostrophe after “seventies”?
Joe said, “Nineteen fifty-nine was a great year for rock and roll.”
She said, “My sister was born in nineteen seventy-eight, and my brother was born in nineteen-seventy.”
Are the hyphens correctly employed in the aforementioned examples?
Thank you.
He said, “I like the nineteen-eighty-two song ‘I Love Rock and Roll.’ ”
“I loved the nineteen-seventies' fashions!” Apostrophe after “seventies”?
Joe said, “Nineteen fifty-nine was a great year for rock and roll.”
She said, “My sister was born in nineteen seventy-eight, and my brother was born in nineteen-seventy.”
Are the hyphens correctly employed in the aforementioned examples?
Thank you.
Top answer
the nineteen seventies' fashions'. was born in nineteen seventy'. The others are correct.
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'...the nineteen eighty-two song...'
'...the nineteen seventies' fashions'.
'...was born in nineteen seventy'.
The others are correct.
Rover
'...the nineteen seventies' fashions'.
'...was born in nineteen seventy'.
The others are correct.
Rover
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