How Long is Four Scores?

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One score is twenty years so four score would be eighty years. The term score is derived from the Old English term scoru which meant twenty.

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How Much is Four Score?

A score is 20 years. So four score would be 80 years. President Lincoln was the one who said 4 score and 7 years ago. I wonder why he didn't just say 87 years ago!

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What is Four Score?

Four Score is how long if feels since my husband has taken me out anywhere other than a fast food restaurant. A score is 20 years, so four score is 80 years. No worries it will be

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How Long is Four Score?

Four score equals 80. A score equals 20 so four score would equal 80. Four score is most notably used in the Gettysburg Address. When Abraham Lincoln said "Four score and seven

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What does Four Score Mean?

A score is a term from Middle English meaning twenty years, so four score would be four times twenty, or eighty years. It is most remembered today from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg

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