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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Date

hello

i've some doubts, could you help me?

for example the date of today,,, 01/04/2010, i know there are more than one way to write the date..

could you suggest me all the way, please?

and then why in a few sentence i can find also "any" instead of "some" also in the affermative sentence?
  

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(1) Here in the United States, people prefer to state the month first. So they would probably prefer writing: 04/01/10. (Don't confuse Americans by writing 01/04/10.

  • (1) Here in the United States, people prefer to state the month first.
  • So they would probably prefer writing: 04/01/10.
  • (Don't confuse Americans by writing 01/04/10.
  • ) (2) In questions, "any" and "some" have a slightly different meaning: (a) I just bought some delicious donuts.
  • Would you like some?
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(1) Here in the United States, people prefer to state the month first. So they would probably prefer writing: 04/01/10. (Don't confuse Americans by writing 01/04/10. )

(2) In questions, "any" and "some" have a slightly different meaning:

(a) I just bought some delicious donuts. Would you like some? = something like an invitation. I really want you to accept.

(b) Som

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