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Exercise for the interested reader - why could he not have said: > ... I can collect one million soldiers by 209 BC. ??
by RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
Exercise for the interested reader - why could he not have said:
> ... I can collect one million soldiers by 209 BC.
??
- mmelin 17y agoWhat, you mean a Chinese emperor did not know the exact future date of the birth of Christ?
- csytan 17y agoBecause he wasn't fluent in English?
- scopendo 17y agoBecause 209 BC will in the past by the time he collects the soldiers... that is, the year after 209 BC is 208 BC.
- mbrubeck 17y agoDon't you have a lot of giraffes you should be riding right now?