• MimicJar@lemmy.world
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      That’s good to know. It just looked so weird. I knew what I wrote was also weird, but it felt less weird.

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        Basically apostrophes are never used to separate a word from a normal suffix in this kind of novel or unusual construction. Pretty much just use apostrophes for contractions and (most) possessives. Example: 90s, not 90’s.

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          So if you said you were a 90’s child, wouldn’t that be okay? (As you are a child of/possessed by the 90s) A nineties’ child, if you will?

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          And, actually, I believe it’s ‘90s! So there is one, it’s right in front.

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            '90s is a contraction of 1990s, or whatever other century’s tenth decade is implied. So the apostrophe belongs as an example of a contraction or possessive :)

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            Just 90s if it’s a reference to someone’s age. And the apostrophe for referencing the 90s era is optional outside of formal writing and a dash can also be used e.g.; 90s-music depending on context.

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            But your apostrophe is upside down (it became a curved single-open-quote in your version). It’s supposed to be this way:

            ’90s