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Foolacious

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6. ON EDIT: Decades were presented to us as an exception...
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 02:45 PM
Jan 2021

and I've had enough pushback over the decades for "60s and 70s" that I've shifted over to "60's and 70's". With your encouragement, I shall endeavour to switch back!!

ON EDIT: It occurs to me that I was taught to pluralize letters by using an apostrophe: "My name is spelled with two r's."

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