To think this is the ultimate irony?

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Spot the errors on the official slips from the Dfe for the SPAG SATs papers!

Maybe their staff should take the test as most year 6's would spot these errors!

Oh dear .

Year 6s - no need for an apostrophe. 😊

Does this not simply underline the fact that the average adult living in the UK has flawed spelling, punctuation and grammar and therefore the need for SATS? I mean, it's probably not Salman Rushdie writing this, is it? It's probably a member of an admin team on £14K a year.

YABU, because most year 6's is the ultimate irony.

Oops blame early start, I only teach year two, auto correct on my phone........!!!!!

Right, it’s early and at the risk of looking like a twat - what is the error? Is it the fact that the box has been ticked where they’re asking for confirmation of how many boxes you’ve received?

If someone can't manage to proof read that kind of thing before it gets sent out, then that's so shit.

receieved??

number of pack received

Pack and received! Oh dear.

Actually Year 6's is how I was taught to deal with plural s when it follows initials or numbers ( SAT's, 1960's). It was the correct way to do it in the 1960's and 1970's. The change is relatively recent and using the apostrophe isn't actually incorrect, just old-fashioned!

I always understood that either 6s or 6's would be correct- it's a matter of style preference.

Is that incorrect?

Ooh yes, and the spelling of received!

Oh dear, definitely ironic.

I’m reading a book - edited and printed by a reputable publisher - that’s got several apostrophes in pluralised words. It’s marring my enjoyment of it.

Ooh, I see now!