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Marc Joan

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Aug 26, 2014
Just wondered if anybody knew which of the following is most broadly accepted as the correct format:
1950s or nineteen-fifties?
The former generates a red squiggly underscore in some systems, the latter sometimes looks unwieldy.
 
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It is either "the fifties" or "the 1950's." It is never spelled out as "nineteen-fifties."

Source: Words into Type (the editing "bible").
 
Ok all. I think the consensus is 1950s, while acknowledging that some editors will want to change it to suit the look of their publications. Thanks, everyone.
 
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