titoelcolombiano
Legend
Not only the youngest man to win 19 slams but is the first man to hold the number one ranking in three different decades; 2000's, 2010's and 2020's - vamos!
10 different years holding #1 (record),
#1 in three different decades (record),
biggest gap between first and last #1 (record),
oldest #1 (record)
Last day of the decade is Dec 31st 2020.
The thing is we have no year 0 in our calendar. So to be consistent, that means every new decade starts on the 1s. 2001, 2011, 2021 etc.Ah, no
2000's = 2000 - 2009 (as the name suggests... you know... 2000's doesn't start in 2001)
2010's = 2010 - 2019
2020's = 2020 - 2029
The thing is we have no year 0 in our calendar. So to be consistent, that means every new decade starts on the 1s. 2001, 2011, 2021 etc.
I mean everyone considers it a new decade anyway so I dont mind either way. But technically it is incorrect if we consider the full history of the calendar.
If Serena can somehow get back to number one in the future, then she’ll accomplish this feat as well.I think not even someone in WTA managed to achieve this feat?
Did you mean to say gap between YE#1?biggest gap between first and last #1 (record)
Did you mean to say gap between YE#1?
Coz Fraud was #1 in Feb 2004 and #1 in July 2018. 14+ years.
Rafa was in 2008 and now in 2019 YE.
So that's 11 years no?
Rafa Nadal is the oldest tennis player to finish the year as world no.1.
Sweet!![]()
I remember when they said he won't make it past 28
LOOK AT HIM NOW!!!
Lol you mean 26
I mean you’re clutching at straws here with that ‘record’
No, he is right. Not the same the calendar year than the start of the decade. The start of the 2000s decade is the 2000, the start of the 2010s decade is 2010, etc.The thing is we have no year 0 in our calendar. So to be consistent, that means every new decade starts on the 1s. 2001, 2011, 2021 etc.
I mean everyone considers it a new decade anyway so I dont mind either way. But technically it is incorrect if we consider the full history of the calendar.
if you were born in 1980, you still clustered under 80s kid, not 70s kid. so OP is not wrong.Not only the youngest man to win 19 slams but is the first man to hold the number one ranking in three different decades; 2000's, 2010's and 2020's - vamos!
It's a misconception, but a common one. As I always like to say, enough people say something false thousands of times, it might as well be true.if you were born in 1980, you still clustered under 80s kid, not 70s kid. so OP is not wrong.
Lolllllll at your unawarenessIt's a misconception, but a common one. As I always like to say, enough people say something false thousands of times, it might as well be true.
Especially Federer and Djokovic outside of clay in the last 6 years.Safe to say Rafa has owned more people than any man in history![]()
Care to explain? Or you just gonna sit there and "lolllllll" at your computer monitor.Lolllllll at your unawareness
NoBy clutching at straws you mean, no one else has ever done it?
Care to explain? Or you just gonna sit there and "lolllllll" at your computer monitor.
I have posted 2 links, Sport has posted one link and if you still think that your wisdom is superior than wiki, various dictionaries its up to youIt's a misconception, but a common one. As I always like to say, enough people say something false thousands of times, it might as well be true.
I don't get what you're trying to link me here. It seems to be agreeing with me.![]()
Decade definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Decade definition: A decade is a period of ten years, especially one that begins with a year ending in 0,... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and exampleswww.collinsdictionary.com
I don't get what you're trying to link me here. It seems to be agreeing with me.
a. Officially a ten-year period beginning with the year 1, as 1921-1930, 1931-1940, etc.
b. in common usage, a ten-year period beginning with a year 0, as 1920-1929, 1930-1939, etc.
So as I said, "enough people say something false thousands of times, it might as well be true. "
Are you maybe just trying to argue this because you want Nadal to have a new achievement under his belt? Because I don't care about that. Nadal has made a special achievement nonetheless, so I congratulate him. But don't try to tell me 2020 is a new decade.
I feel like that's what I'm trying to say and that you're just confirming. If enough people say something that is false is true, it becomes the same as true.Common usage isn't 'false', it is the usage of language that makes the most sense to most people.
To most people, talking about the 1960s but including 1970 and not 1960 is weird and misleading. That is why in common usage, the 60s means 1960 - 1969.
No. A common misconception is assuming that a decade starts in 01 rather than 00.It's a misconception, but a common one. As I always like to say, enough people say something false thousands of times, it might as well be true.
You are completely right of course. Only what you said has an incontestable basis (the start with Year 1). Anything else is arbitrarily. With the same right as with the 0 one could start with any other number as well and call it a "decade".I feel like that's what I'm trying to say and that you're just confirming. If enough people say something that is false is true, it becomes the same as true.
It's more so that they need to travel back in time and tell those gregorian monks to add a year 0 to the calendar. You can say that the year 2000 is a new millenium, but the reality is that only 1999 years had passed since 1ad*. To me, that's inconsistent.No. A common misconception is assuming that a decade starts in 01 rather than 00.
2010s decade started the 1st of January of 2010. If you are right try to change that in Wikipedia. If they don't allow you to change that is because decades culturally start in 00s one 01s.
Wikipedia clearly separates the beginning of the century (2001) with the beginning of the 2000s decade (2000).
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21st century - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
The beginning of a decade is a cultural construction and so it starts when humans say it. It is culturally used the 00s as the beginning of the decades.
Logically? Yes. But in common usage, no.The thing is we have no year 0 in our calendar. So to be consistent, that means every new decade starts on the 1s. 2001, 2011, 2021 etc.
I mean everyone considers it a new decade anyway so I dont mind either way. But technically it is incorrect if we consider the full history of the calendar.
It's a misconception, but a common one. As I always like to say, enough people say something false thousands of times, it might as well be true.