Queerty: This 1980s Chippendales workout vid is about much more than pumping iron
This 1980s Chippendales workout vid is about much more than pumping iron
Hello What is the meaning of the "by the 1980s"? Until 1980s (1980s and earlier)? Or at 1980s (only the decade of 1980s)? I will appreciate your help.
"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 use an apostrophe for the plural. Generally, plurals do not take an apostrophe. I use one when leaving it out could cause confusion.
Similarly, we cannot say "The business was founded in 1970s" but we can say "The business was founded in the 1970s." "1970s" (without a preceding "the") can be used attributively: "1970s music is often treated dismissively." An attributive "1970s" can be preceded by "in": "In 1970s Britain, people did not yet speak of 'the school run'." I prefer "1970s" to "1970's" but I have seen both used ...
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 from starvation in the wild. How about just "permitted". Is correct too?
Stereotypical working-class London males, no later than the 1980s. Well, only four months ago The Guardian was keeping the word on life support in connection with (have you guessed it?) Danny Dyer, whose off-screen persona is as geezer-ish as the tv/film roles in which he's (type-?)cast. Danny Dyer is back on top geezer form