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by RiderOfGiraffes 5882 days ago
Exercise for the interested reader - why could he not have said:

  > ... I can collect one million soldiers by 209 BC.
??
4 comments
mmelin 5882 days ago
What, you mean a Chinese emperor did not know the exact future date of the birth of Christ?
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csytan 5882 days ago
Because he wasn't fluent in English?
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mbrubeck 5882 days ago
Don't you have a lot of giraffes you should be riding right now?
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scopendo 5882 days ago
Because 209 BC will in the past by the time he collects the soldiers... that is, the year after 209 BC is 208 BC.
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