Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with most appropriate word.

Many great scientists were born in the eighteenth and nineteenth ________.

  1. century

  2. centuries

  3. centeuries

  4. centuriess
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B Correct answer
Explanation

When referring to multiple time periods like 'eighteenth and nineteenth,' we use the plural 'centuries' because we're talking about two distinct centuries (1700s and 1800s). The plural is necessary when referring to more than one century.

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