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Minor nitpick nitpick: except for years, e.g., I don't remember exactly when the Magna Carta was signed, but it was somewhere in the twelve-hundreds.
by Zanni 7y ago
Minor nitpick nitpick: except for years, e.g., I don't remember exactly when the Magna Carta was signed, but it was somewhere in the twelve-hundreds.
- swimfar 7y agoThat's not really an exception for years. It means something different. Twelve hundred is a single number, 1200. Twelve-hundreds is a range from 1200-1299. You can also do the same thing with many other ranges (e.g. house numbers).
- nkrisc 7y agoI'm talking only about the numbers, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, etc. That is, counting by hundreds on the hundred. So your point does not contradict mine.