Submitted by steroidamoeba t3_124oa8h in OldSchoolCool
AppreciableAppendage t1_je3x7hl wrote
Reply to comment by EternamD in Phoebe Cates 1980s by steroidamoeba
Pop quiz:
Everyone remembers the 1980's hairstyles were poofy.
or
Everyone remembers the 1980s' hairstyles were poofy.
EternamD t1_je41asz wrote
Second one is correct, although the first would also be correct if the "the" was removed
punkassjim t1_je43wl4 wrote
It would be grammatically correct, but factually incorrect. The real poofy hair was closer to the late ‘80s. 1980 proper featured mostly 1970s styles. Disco and Charlie’s Angels were still a thing, so the fashionable hair was more flowy than poofy.
AppreciableAppendage t1_je443pw wrote
Well, yeah, I was focusing more on the punctuation than the fashion haha. When was it feathery?
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