
By the 1980s - WordReference Forums
Oct 30, 2021 · 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.
'80s, 80s, 80's, of the 80s | WordReference Forums
Aug 11, 2016 · "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 …
in the 1970's or in 1970s? - WordReference Forums
Oct 13, 2010 · 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: …
I was the first Western TV reporter <permitted>/<to be permitted> to ...
Oct 1, 2020 · 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 …
Geezer -- AE vs BE | WordReference Forums
Nov 13, 2024 · 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 …
I meant or I mean - WordReference Forums
Jan 26, 2013 · Usually, you say "I mean" in order to making clearer something that you have just said, but actually, the speak-action has just passed, and I want to make things clearer which happened …
Keep Rocking! / Rock On! | WordReference Forums
Feb 5, 2007 · Yes, but I understood fenixpollo's post to suggest that those translations would be appropriate, as rock on was also "sooo 1980s". If that were the case, then the translations are fine; …
Possessive - s' or s's with proper nouns - Chris' or Chris's dog?
May 13, 2005 · Little One said: The 1980s, never the 1980's. Remember it is a plural, not a processive and there is no missing letter. I take it you mean a "possessive"? Here's what Fowler's Modern …
Dear professor doctor or dear professor? - WordReference Forums
Oct 25, 2020 · If I want to write an email to an academic, and their academic status is "Prof. Dr.", how should I begin the email to them? should I write "Dear professor xxxx, " or "Dear Professor Dr. xxxxx, "?
ninos [niños] pera - WordReference Forums
Mar 25, 2019 · I've encountered this phrase I've never seen before in an article Does anyone know what these means? The context is that men are having haircuts but are 'dejaba Como ninos-pera' (context …