En los 50

[irmamar]

¿Cómo se diría algo así?

En los [años] 50 y 60...

In the 50s and 60s...
or
In the 50's and 60's...

Thanks.

[poli]

In the 50's and 60's is the correct way of writing it.

[pjt33]

Personally I would write "In the 50s and 60s". If I were to get prescriptivist then I would say that it's an abbreviation which removes 19 from the start of the two numbers, so it should be "In the '50s and '60s".

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by pjt33

Personally I would write "In the 50s and 60s". If I were to get prescriptivist then I would say that it's an abbreviation which removes 19 from the start of the two numbers, so it should be "In the '50s and '60s".

So would I.

[Awaken]

Originally Posted by irmamar

¿Cómo se diría algo así?

En los [años] 50 y 60...

In the 50s and 60s...
or
In the 50's and 60's...

Thanks.

50s and 60s. Although I have seen it both ways.

The apostrophe is used for contraction "it is" = "it's" or possession. If you say 1950's, you are technically saying the possession of 1950 and not the time period of 1950-1959.

This is at least the English rules as I understand them.

[poli]

I like '60s, but most commonly you will see 60's. I don't know the logic of it, buy honestly that's what you commonly see written everywhere.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by pjt33

Personally I would write "In the 50s and 60s". If I were to get prescriptivist then I would say that it's an abbreviation which removes 19 from the start of the two numbers, so it should be "In the '50s and '60s".

Originally Posted by Perikles

So would I.

Yes, "In the '50s and '60s," is correct. You may see it written other ways, but this is the prescribed style.

[CrOtALiTo]

I know this is not my post, but everyone have in the same channel at this moment.

Then.
How should I use the TH word? For example if I want to say 2010th is it right?

Because casually I'm very doubtfulness in that question already I use that ending in severals dues of my company and when I need to write that in the dues or in the invoice, solely I write December 27 of 2010th, really I don't know if am well.


Thank you very much for your advices.

[subtleisntme]

In that case, it would just be December 27, 2010 without the TH. The TH is only for ordinal numbers (that is to say the numbers that rank/put things in order, e.g. first, second, third, fourTH, fifTH, etc.).

It's the same thing as the 'a/o' in Spanish. Primero/a = 1a/1o.

[Rusty]

Right, the date, by itself, is:
December 27, 2010

A comma follows the year when it's written in a sentence:
On December 27, 2010, just two days after Christmas, we ...

If only the year were cited as an ordinal, we would write:
It is the 2010th year since the birth of Christ.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Right, the date, by itself, is:
December 27, 2010.

In AmE it is, but in BrE it is 27th December 2010 (or was, 2 days ago ).

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Perikles

In AmE it is, but in BrE it is 27th December 2010 (or was, 2 days ago ).

True, and thank you. Crotalito will need to know that he writes it one way for AmE and another for BrE. (Judging from his post, it looked like he was trying to use the AmE format.)

I should also mention that we Americans say 'December twenty-seventh, two thousand ten', or 'the twenty-seventh of December, two thousand ten', when we read the written date 'December 27, 2010'. (It is also possible to hear 'twenty-seven', without the ordinal suffix, in the first case cited.) There are three ways to say the year in AmE - the way I cited and 'two thousand and ten' or 'twenty ten'.

[irmamar]

I've seen written that both ways, 50's and 50s, so I wasn't sure. Thanks everybody.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Right, the date, by itself, is:
December 27, 2010

A comma follows the year when it's written in a sentence:
On December 27, 2010, just two days after Christmas, we ...

If only the year were cited as an ordinal, we would write:
It is the 2010th year since the birth of Christ.

Thank you, you two for the advices.

In order to understanding your explanation, I have searched some many information about it.

And now I can understand the correct form how I should being written that.

Today is Thursday, December 30, 2010.

Tomorrow will be the last day of this old year for everyone.