Tuesday, January 12, 2010

So we have one more year before this decade is complete - since the decade started in 2001. I was reminded of this in reading a letter to the editor of the Daily Courier. There was no year 0. So the first century after Jesus, A.D., began with the year 1 as I understand it. So the year 1900 finished the last decade of the 1800's. And the year 2000 finished the last decade of the 1900's. However, it does seem that common usage comes into focus also and I am interested to see how this is interpreted by others.