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No. A decade is ten years. Twenty years is two decades (or a "score" -- as in "Four score and seven years ago...").
A score is 20. So 40 score would be 800... but I'm guessing you are asking about the Gettysburg Address "four-score and seven years ago..." which means "87 years ago..."
A score is a 'group of 20' in numbers. So, that would be 20 years. Lincoln's 'four score and seven' was to indicate 87 years.
A score in time eans 20 years "four score and seven years ago" means 87
A score is a 'group of 20' in numbers. So, that would be 20 years. Lincoln's 'four score and seven' was to indicate 87 years.
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
a score, as in "Four score and seven years..."
A score is equal to twenty. "Four score and seven years" is eighty-seven years.
A score is twenty years, so 4 score is 80 years and 'four score and seven' means 87 years.
A "score" is twenty, so four score and seven = 87.
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.
87. A score is 20yrs.
Four score and seven years ago
Four score and seven=87 87 years prior to the Gettysburg address, was the American Revolution.
26...a score = twenty (as in "...four score & seven years ago..." means 87 years)
"Four score and seven years" which indicates 87 years (4x20 +7), the time between the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) and the Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863).87a score is 20 years, so 4 score is 80 years plus 7.