Subject: Correct use of centuries help
Posted by: Midget40
Date: Apr 24 24
What is the correct usage on the site of people that are born in one century and die in another? If it was recent would they be a:
"twentieth century..." or "twenty first century ..".
I'm finding conflicting information online. I've reworded it but interesting to know for future reference
Thanks
Posted by: Midget40
Date: Apr 24 24
What is the correct usage on the site of people that are born in one century and die in another? If it was recent would they be a:
"twentieth century..." or "twenty first century ..".
I'm finding conflicting information online. I've reworded it but interesting to know for future reference
Thanks
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agony
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Personally, when I want to say something that is awkward or questionable or would look funny when punctuated correctly, I just reword it. "He was born in 1937 and died in 2010." Reply #1. Apr 24 24, 3:31 PM |
FatherSteve 
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Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899-2016) Reply #2. Apr 24 24, 5:59 PM |
looney_tunes
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If you want to use the century to label them (19th century writer, 20th century painter), then the appropriate century would be the one in which they produced the work for which they are most famous. If they totally cross centuries, then you could indicate that by something like "architect of the late 16th and early 27th centuries", but it is awkward. That is one of the reasons why literary and artistic eras (Elizabethan, Romantic, Baroque) are more commonly used to describe when someone worked. Reply #3. Apr 24 24, 8:42 PM |
trident
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A couple tidbits when it comes to centuries and grammar: - Centuries are NOT capitalized (e.g. the 16th century). - You should use a hyphen when "century" is part of an adjective, but you shouldn't when it's used as a noun (a 19th-century invention / an invention invented in the 19th century). Reply #4. Apr 24 24, 9:18 PM |
| agony
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That's a long life-span there, l_t! Reply #5. Apr 24 24, 11:58 PM |
| FatherSteve
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Wasn't there a Mel Brooks movie called "The 1100-Year-Old Man"? Reply #6. Apr 26 24, 12:24 PM |
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