I get what you’re saying, but both work in this case. We’ve just lived in the late 1900s so it feels weird to lump the years we’ve experienced in with 900+ that we haven’t. But if someone says “late 1800s” for something like 1894, it wouldn’t feel weird at all.
Retropunk64@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Because the student is misusing the term.
Carrot@lemmy.today 1 month ago
They aren’t? “Late 1900s” would be the latter 3rd of the century. 1994 would be in that latter third, so they are using it correctly.
Venator@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
Early 1990s would be more appropriate wording 😂
Carrot@lemmy.today 1 month ago
I get what you’re saying, but both work in this case. We’ve just lived in the late 1900s so it feels weird to lump the years we’ve experienced in with 900+ that we haven’t. But if someone says “late 1800s” for something like 1894, it wouldn’t feel weird at all.