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Question Number 211515 by Davidtim last updated on 11/Sep/24

$$forexampleIsayBobisbornin$$$$1900s,therethesymbolof\left(s\right)means$$$$century.whatkindofwordittaken$$$$from?$$

Commented by Frix last updated on 11/Sep/24

$${\mathrm{It}}^{\prime }\mathrm{s}\mathrm{not}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{symbol}\mathrm{at}\mathrm{all},\mathrm{it}\mathrm{simply}\mathrm{omes}\mathrm{from}$$$$\mathrm{spoken}\mathrm{language}.{\mathrm{It}}^{\prime }\mathrm{s}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{plural}:$$$$‘‘\mathrm{The}\mathrm{nineteen}-{\mathrm{hundreds}}^{″}=‘‘\mathrm{the}{1900\mathrm{s}}^{″}.$$$$\mathrm{To}\mathrm{say}‘‘\mathrm{Bob}\mathrm{is}\mathrm{born}\mathrm{in}{1900\mathrm{s}}^{″}\mathrm{is}\mathrm{wrong},\mathrm{he}$$$$\mathrm{was}\mathrm{either}\mathrm{born}\mathrm{in}1900\left(\mathrm{exact}\mathrm{year}\right)\mathrm{or}\mathrm{in}$$$$\mathrm{the}1900\mathrm{s}(\mathrm{some}\mathrm{year}\mathrm{between}1900\mathrm{and}$$$$1999).$$

Commented by Davidtim last updated on 12/Sep/24

$$thanksdear$$

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