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Originally Posted by jackie_w
I have a strong personal preference for 1800-1899, 1960-69 etc., even if that might make others consider me an uneducated total Philistine  |
Not a Philistine at all. It simply depends what you want to use the ranges for. Eg, the 20th century ran from 1901 to 2000 (that's a matter of definition, not opinion), but it's far more common to speak of "the 1970s" (1970 to 1979) than of "the 8th decade of the 20th century" (1971 to 1980).