2007-03-16 16:47:06 · 12 answers · asked by laligurash 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
20 years
2007-03-16 20:36:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A score is 20 years
2007-03-20 20:57:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A score = 20 years.
2007-03-16 23:49:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anne 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A score is 20 years...so 87 years is four score and 7 years.
2007-03-16 23:50:14 · answer #4 · answered by Sydmom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A score = 20
Therefore:
four score = 4 x 20 = 80 and 7 = 87.
It's just like another name for 12 of something is a dozen.
2007-03-17 00:50:35 · answer #5 · answered by Hamish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A score is 20 so the total number of years in your quote is 87 years
2007-03-16 23:50:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
20 years.
2007-03-16 23:49:10 · answer #7 · answered by Craig L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
twenty.
So it can be twenty of anything, not necessarily years (although that's the most common usage). This is seen by the fact that Lincoln specifies years. Another usage might be "I have three score sheep in my flock." The vernacular however seems to confine it's usage to the counting of years.
Word etimology is as such:
Middle English scor, from Old Norse skor notch, tally, twenty; akin to Old English scieran to cut
2007-03-16 23:53:50 · answer #8 · answered by toomuchtimeoff 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines "score" as twenty
years as a span of time.
2007-03-16 23:51:18 · answer #9 · answered by SlownEasy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a "score" is a count of 20 men
PS and I did not get my answer from all the people above me!
2007-03-17 02:04:51 · answer #10 · answered by Choir~Geek 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋