Time – How to Refer to Particular Years in a Specific Century

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If I need to mention the year and the century how do I say that in one sentence?

  1. They moved abroad in the 70s in the twentieth century.

  2. They have a collection of paintings painted in the 70s in the twentieth century.

Best Answer

When discussing centuries, as in Norwegians came to the New World in the eleventh century, you may have to resort to some old fashioned sounding sentences. I would say Hrvald the Norwegian sailed the ocean in the ninety second year of the eleventh century (1092), or if you want to get really uncommon, ... sailed the ocean in the ninety second year of the second millennium.