What does score means in Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg.
2006-12-08 00:51:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The term score in Lincoln's Gettysburgh Address is a unit of measurement. A score is a unit of twenty. So instead of saying 87 years ago..... Mr Lincoln used a more dramatic way of saying 87 .... Four Score and Seven Years Ago.....
2006-12-08 00:59:25 · answer #1 · answered by crazycanadien 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A score means twenty. Three score means 60.
2006-12-08 08:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by tirumalai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20 years so four score and 7 is 87, which brings up back to revolutionary days
2006-12-08 08:54:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a score is twenty years
2006-12-08 08:59:15 · answer #4 · answered by mistichippy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
score is a way of keeping on track and from the track just visited, A way of tracking,
2006-12-08 08:53:41 · answer #5 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
twenty years. I remember that from my junior year in High School.
2006-12-08 15:22:19 · answer #6 · answered by Fearfully & wonderfully made 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋