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Date   : Fri, 15 Oct 2004 21:39:50 +0100
From   : Ben Newsam <ben@...>
Subject: Re: Signitures

In message <8F55B1918087D4118BCB00508B0CCEBB0AADFBF2@...>, 
"Saddler, Chris" <chris.saddler@...> writes
>But it seems to me that in the phrase, 70's music, an apostrophe is 
>justified since there is a possessive element i.e. music belonging to 
>the 70s.

There might be an argument there to use the form 70s' music. About the 
only time I would use an apostrophe for a plural would be for single 
letters, but especially the letter S.
-- 
Ben Newsam (How many S's in Assessment?)
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