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Old 07-19-2007, 07:43 AM   #35
glatt
 
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
Well, strictly speaking it was 142 years ago. Still more than a century, I know, but less than two.
I'll admit I took liberties, but only because I knew I could fall back on the idea that you don't have to have a number greater than 2 to use the plural. It was 1.42 centuries ago.

Edit: Of course, using that logic, the Iraq war has been going on for centuries. (0.04 centuries, to be exact.)
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