What's the correct way to say this? (Centuries)?

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I want to say 'began to develop from the late 17th to 18th centuries' but that doesn't sound right because the word late applies to 18th as well. But 'began to develop from the late 17th century to the 18th century' looks wrong to me as well. The problem is I do mean 'began' to develop throughout that whole period, then continued to develop afterwards, I'm not trying to say that it developed from late 17th until the 18th.
Also, should Century have a capital letter?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

"Development began during the late 17th to mid (or early) 18th century."

However, if it continued developing past the 18th century, you could just say "development began in the late 17th century" and leave it at that.
And no, century should not be capitalized in this instance.

Steven · Answer

Development started from the late 17th century on to throughout the 18th century.

everybody&#39;s got one · Answer

began to develop during the late 17th and early 18th centuries

Lew-EL-Zim · Answer

began to develop from the late 17th century up until the 18th century

Anonymous · Answer

You could say that it began to develop in the late seventeenth century and continued until the beginning/middle/end of the eighteenth century, depending on which one is appropriate.

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What's the correct way to say this? (Centuries)?

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