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What does turn of the century mean? I suspect it was a term coined sometime during the 20th century to mean the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries As someone born mid-twentieth, it seems always to have been around However now we are well into the twenty-first century an element of confusion has arisen Often the meaning can be picked up from context e g "my son was born around the turn of the century" would be unlikely to
nouns - use of capital C in the word Century - English Language . . . Conclusion Predictably, these ten style guides diverge on a number of points about how to handle references to centuries, decades, and other time periods But rather astonishingly for a set of competing fashion gurus, all ten agree in preferring to lowercase century in phrases such as "twentieth [or 20th] century"—and I see no reason why they wouldn't also prefer "the present century" (all
Meaning of by when used with dates - inclusive or exclusive As others have specified, the word by is generally synonymous with no later than when referring to a date or time However, it is important to note (and this is why I am adding another answer) that if all you know is "The work must be completed by MM-DD-YYYY", then the exact due date is still ambiguous Without additional information, 'due by MM-DD-YYYY' has a fair chance of meaning: Due at or
Does nineteen-hundreds refer to 1900–1909 or 1900–1999? The words "nineteen-hundreds" to me mean strictly 1900–1909 I've noticed several times that people, invariably North American, use these words to mean "the twentieth century", or 1900–1999, or som
When back, if I say Out of office until Thursday I am always confused when I get an email stating "out of office until Thursday" Is the sender back on Thursday or still out of office (o o o ) on Thursday and only back on Friday? Is there a good