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Both the 1600s and the 17th century are 100 years long.
by drdec 7y ago
Both the 1600s and the 17th century are 100 years long.
- ponyfleisch 7y agoYes, that wasn't my point. I find the term "synonymous" when used for unambiguous numerical values that are off by 1% strange. But i'm not a native english speaker. Roughly 1% of people born in the 17th century were not born in the 1600's.