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Nathan Tuggy
Nathan Tuggy
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We sometimes describe the years between 1970-1979 as "seventies" seventies (written as 70's)(written as 70's), 1980-1989 as "eighties" eighties (written as 80's)(written as 80's) and so on.

  • What is the equivalence in describing 2000-20092000-2009, 2010-20192010-2019 and so on?

  • I came across the written terms 00's"00's". If it is a valid written term to describe 2000-2009, how is it spoken?

We sometimes describe the years between 1970-1979 as seventies (written as 70's), 1980-1989 as eighties (written as 80's) and so on.

  • What is the equivalence in describing 2000-2009, 2010-2019 and so on?

  • I came across the written terms 00's. If it is a valid written term to describe 2000-2009, how is it spoken?

We sometimes describe the years between 1970-1979 as "seventies" (written as 70's), 1980-1989 as "eighties" (written as 80's) and so on.

  • What is the equivalence in describing 2000-2009, 2010-2019 and so on?

  • I came across the written terms "00's". If it is a valid written term to describe 2000-2009, how is it spoken?

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There are 70's, 80's and 90's, how do you describe the years from 2000 (00's)?

We sometimes describe the years between 1970-1979 as seventies (written as 70's), 1980-1989 as eighties (written as 80's) and so on.

  • What is the equivalence in describing 2000-2009, 2010-2019 and so on?

  • I came across the written terms 00's. If it is a valid written term to describe 2000-2009, how is it spoken?