Talking about decades and centuries

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she grew up

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in the 30s this implies 1950s 1930s I

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was born in the 80s this implies 1980s

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what if you want to talk about before

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1930s what if you want to talk about

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1830s 1790s what can you say the French

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Revolution was in the 1790s I'm not

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telling you this specific year but just

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in general this decade was when the

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French Revolution happened the French

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Revolution was in the 1790s do not say

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the French Revolution was in the 90s if

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you say this everyone will think 1990s

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so make sure if you're talking about

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before nineteen before that beat

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eighteen 1790s 1690s 13 90s make sure

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that you say the full date 1790s or any

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of these ways of expressing dates new

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for you I hope it was a good review at

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least to help you ingrain these common

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expressions into your mind and now I

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have a question for you

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when's your birthday let's do a quick

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review so that I can show you different

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ways to talk about your birthday in the

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comments my birthday is on September 4th

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remember