DGS49
Diamond Member
Must we go through this again?
This DECADE does NOT end at the end of 2019. It ends at the end of 2020.
Consider the first decade of the Common Era. What year was it? ONE! The first decade lasted exactly ten years, from the beginning of the year ONE to the end of year TEN (NOT nine). The second decade started January 1, year 11.
The second decade of the twenty first century started on January 1, 2011, and will end on December 31, 2020. NOT 2019!
So whenever your favorite publication announces its "Person of the Decade" you have my permission to smugly sit back and laugh at them for being so stupid. This is not the end of the DECADE. A year from now, we can talk about the Thing/Person of the decade.
This DECADE does NOT end at the end of 2019. It ends at the end of 2020.
Consider the first decade of the Common Era. What year was it? ONE! The first decade lasted exactly ten years, from the beginning of the year ONE to the end of year TEN (NOT nine). The second decade started January 1, year 11.
The second decade of the twenty first century started on January 1, 2011, and will end on December 31, 2020. NOT 2019!
So whenever your favorite publication announces its "Person of the Decade" you have my permission to smugly sit back and laugh at them for being so stupid. This is not the end of the DECADE. A year from now, we can talk about the Thing/Person of the decade.