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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Correctly writing out years
Hi. Please help. Did I write all the years correctly?
1. 568 -- year five six eight (Should we include "A.D.," as year five six eight A.D.? And in the numerical year too? like 568 A.D.?)
2. 1001 -- year one thousand one
3. 1011 -- year one thousand eleven
4. 1127 -- year eleven twenty-seven
5. 1345 -- year thirteen forty-five
6. 2001 -- year two thousand one
7. 2010 -- year two thousand ten
1. 568 -- year five six eight (Should we include "A.D.," as year five six eight A.D.? And in the numerical year too? like 568 A.D.?)
2. 1001 -- year one thousand one
3. 1011 -- year one thousand eleven
4. 1127 -- year eleven twenty-seven
5. 1345 -- year thirteen forty-five
6. 2001 -- year two thousand one
7. 2010 -- year two thousand ten
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Anon, no native speaker writes out years except when composing formal wedding invitations. In 60 years of writing, I have never written out a year. Of what possible use could this be to you?
- Anon, no native speaker writes out years except when composing formal wedding invitations.
- In 60 years of writing, I have never written out a year.
- Of what possible use could this be to you?
- If you must, 'In the year of our Lord two thousand and eleven'.
- Oops!
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Anon, no native speaker writes out years except when composing formal wedding invitations. In 60 years of writing, I have never written out a year. Of what possible use could this be to you? If you must, 'In the year of our Lord two thousand and eleven'.
Oops! Now I have done it once. Lucky it is out of context.
Oops! Now I have done it once. Lucky it is out of context.
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Certain subtitling guidelines call for numbers to be spelled out when they begin a sentence. When this rule is interpreted strictly, it can result in the spelling out of years in English-language subtitles.
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