Let me break it down for you if you still don't get it.
This is the beginning of the decade. I can prove it...
The decade (which is 10 years... you do know that, right?).... the decade of the 90s STARTED in 1990 and ended with 1999.
Go ahead. Count them out.
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
There's 10 there.... count them.... COUNT THEM!
That means that the next decade STARTED with 2000 and ENDED in 2009. We are starting a new decade.
Yes, I know that zero is not a counting number, but it doesn't apply here. A decade is a length of time....
When my son celebrated his 10th birthday, he was celebrating being alive for a full decade, NOT celebrating starting the last year of that decade.
Do you get it?
Good....
I'm glad I got that off my chest.
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HAHAHAHA! Same thing drives Aaron crazy. :)
Actually, with all due respect, this year IS the end of the decade. It ends at the end of 2010. Then the next decade starts in 2011. This is because there is no year zero, we started with the year AD1.
So for your example, the last decade before this one was actually:
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Then as far as centuries go (100 years), despite the fact that we celebrated the year 2000 on January 1st, the 20th century actually did not end until December 31st that year and the 21st century began on Jan 1, 2001.
That means the decade we are in started Jan 1, 2001 and will end Dec 31, 2010. Which means we are ending the first decade of the 21st century.
Then we call this the 21st century which will end in the year 2100, not 2099.
I hope that clarifies things for you. No disrespect, just trying to help.
Sincerely,
Angela
Actually, Angela... with an equal amount of respect, I am pretty clear in how I understand stuff.... We will just have to agree that you disagree and I shall continue to consider myself correct. ;)
Thanks for reading!!!
Hi LL-
A decade IS 10 years. But if you apply it to our calendar where there is no year "zero", the counting started at 1, AD1.
Even the US Naval Observatory and Greenwich Meantime say the 21st Century started on Jan 1, 2001 which means the first decade of this century is 2001-2010.
http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/astronomical-information-center/millennium/?searchterm=21st%20century
If we had a calendar based on when God created the world, then yes, we could start counting from zero. However, the calendar we use went directly from 1BC to AD1 with no zero in between to count from other than the first year, AD1.
Very Respectfully,
Angela
:).... Thanks for the info... still like my way. ;)
Happy New Decade. LOL!
Hi LL- :)
Any block of 10 years can be a decade. So 1990-1999 is a decade. But so is 1992-2001. However, if you increment 10 from the beginning, AD1, then it should be divisible by 10.
Anyway, I got here from a site that says you host the "Making a Happy Home Monday" meme. Looks like you're not doing that anymore? I am looking around to join some family and Christian memes. Did you just skip it this week?
Sincerely,
Angela
Angela....
I had taken a break from Making a Happy Home Monday because the holidays were getting me too busy. However, I am about to start it up again....
KEEP READING!!!
Hey LL,
Will do. Let me know when you start it up again. I'd like to join.
Take care,
Angela
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