WITH all the fuss being made about the lack of ability in mathematics at junior level, should this not be extended to include the experts who calculated the year 2000 AD as "the Millennium Year?"

There having been no 0 AD, surely, it is the year 2001 AD which is eligible for the term.

GERALD T TURNER, St Philip's Street, Blackburn.

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