Saying years with zero

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we

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don't say zero usually with dates we say

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oh and this is a common way to express

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zero sometimes if you're saying your

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phone number you might say oh instead of

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zero you might hear people say that when

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they're talking about their phone number

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so when you're talking about the first

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couple years of each century 1805 1806

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1807 1808 1809 1810 that's when we start

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to separate it by two numbers 1811 1812

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what happens when you reach two thousand

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well two different things could happen

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the most common is that we say 2000 2001

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2002 2003 2004 2008 2010 2018 2019 but

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you might also hear once you reach 2010

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you might also hear 2010 2011 2018 2019

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this is less common but some people say

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it and if you want to say it go ahead

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you've got that choice now that we've

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already talked about days months

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years let's talk about decades you might

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say she grew up in the 50s she grew up

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in