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Originally Posted by JSWolf
DNSB said it best. You can't have the 80s or the 20s as a decade because of years 1-9 not being a decade. The math makes your reasoning impossible.
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No - your bogus redefinition of the word "Decade" makes your math inconsistent with reality. The word "Decade" is not tied to any particular start date - or even specifically to years - and never has been. But since you are not likely to take my word for it, here are a couple of dictionary entries about the word "Decade":
From
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decade
Definition of decade
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1 : a group or set of 10
"his prisoners were divided into decades"
— William Godwin : such as
a : a period of 10 years
"has been teaching for over a decade"
"the decade of the twenties"
b Roman Catholicism : a division of the rosary that consists primarily of 10 Hail Marys
2 mathematics : a ratio of 10 to 1 : order of magnitude
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If you don't like the Merriam-Webster version here's the definition from the Macmillan Dictionary:
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/...merican/decade
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a period of ten years, especially one beginning with a year that ends in a 0, for example 1990 through 1999
in/over/during/within the past/last/next decade: Prices have risen sharply in the last decade.
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