From: m.kraemer@gsi.de   
      
   On 08.08.2025 20:23, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   > On 8/8/2025 2:21 PM, Michael Kraemer wrote:   
   >> On 08.08.2025 19:43, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> And "hundreds of" is undoubtedly correct. As it strictly speaking   
   >>> just say more than two hundred.   
   >>>   
   >>> Some readers may assume that hundreds imply less than thousand. But   
   >>> that is reading between the lines.   
   >>   
   >> No need to read between, just stay on line.   
   >> In my part of the universe "several hundred" means just that,   
   >> "less than thousand".   
   >   
   > What do you call the year 1999? The year one thousand nine hundred and   
   > ninety nine?   
   >   
   > :-)   
   >   
   > Arne   
   >   
      
   Certainly not "several hundred years after Jesus was born".   
      
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