Best Of The 2010s: Critics’ Lists

TenderLovingKiller® said:
Sure, why?
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The spelling without the apostrophe seems to be the norm. I think it's because the apostrophe in "2010's" implies a possessive (I think that's what it's called) of the year 2010 only. If we're referring to the decade as a whole, then all that's needed is the "s" for plural. Apostrophe plus "s" does not denote plural. Sorry, I'm probably doing a bad job explaining it. Thank you for fixing it!
 
bettim84 said:
The spelling without the apostrophe seems to be the norm. I think it's because the apostrophe in "2010's" implies a possessive (I think that's what it's called) of the year 2010 only. If we're referring to the decade as a whole, then all that's needed is the "s" for plural. Apostrophe plus "s" does not denote plural. Sorry, I'm probably doing a bad job explaining it. Thank you for fixing it!
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Yeah cool. I will defer to you on grammar as it’s never been my forte. Cheers!
 
bettim84 said:
The spelling without the apostrophe seems to be the norm. I think it's because the apostrophe in "2010's" implies a possessive (I think that's what it's called) of the year 2010 only. If we're referring to the decade as a whole, then all that's needed is the "s" for plural. Apostrophe plus "s" does not denote plural. Sorry, I'm probably doing a bad job explaining it. Thank you for fixing it!
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If we're being really grammatically pedantic, it should be critics' lists not critic's lists as there's more than one of them...
 
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