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Why do people use the quotation four score and seven years ago?
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∙ 12y ago
it's a well known expression because it is a quote from one of Abraham Lincoln's most Famous Speeches.
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∙ 12y ago
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What was a famous quotation Lincoln said?
'Four score and seven years ago...'
What is the first 6 words of the Gettysburg Address?
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
What does score mean at the end of a number?
A score is equal to twenty. "Four score and seven years" is eighty-seven years.
What does four score and seven years equal?
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
What is the word for twenty years?
a score, as in "Four score and seven years..."
How many years is fore score and seven years?
87 A score is 20 years.
How many years are 'fourscore and seven'?
A "score" is twenty, so four score and seven = 87.
Four score and seven from the bible how many years?
A score is twenty years. So four score and seven is (4 X 20) + 7 years or 87 years. However, the usual quote is three score and ten years (70 years) which represented the life expectancy in those days.
The value of a score as in four score and seven years ago?
20
How would you express 154 in terms of score 20 years?
Seven score and fourteen years.
What age is A score and six?
26...a score = twenty (as in "...four score & seven years ago..." means 87 years)
What does four score mean in the Gettysburg address?
A score is twenty years, so 4 score is 80 years and 'four score and seven' means 87 years.
