Learn English – About the period of “from the turn of the decade”

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When you use "from the turn of the decade", that means from 1990, 2000 or 2010, right?

Or is it also OK to use the "decade" for the middle number like 2003~2013?

Best Answer

A decade means a time period of 10 years. You could say something like:

I quit that job last decade.

Now this is 2016, you actually quit the job in 2009. Technically it was just 7 years ago. But you can still say it that way. But you cannot refer '2003-2010' as a decade because that's only 7 years. However, say you were a vegetarian and you quit meat in 2003 and that went on till 2010. Now, you could say that:

I was a vegetarian last decade.

That doesn't mean you were a vegetarian for 10 years. So that is okay. But you cannot refer 7 years as a decade. Hope this helped.

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