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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Date formatting in writing
How should the be following be written correctly in a formal or legal communication ?
I look forward to receiving to your reply within seven working days of the ninth of February in the year two thousand and ten A.D.
I look forward to receiving to your reply within seven working days of the ninth of February in the year two thousand and ten A.D.
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I look forward to receiving your reply no later than February 16, 2010 [16th February 2010]. I don't know which format you use: February 16 or 16th February. Why say "within 7 days of 9th Feb" when you can say "no later than 16th Feb?
- I look forward to receiving your reply no later than February 16, 2010 [16th February 2010].
- I don't know which format you use: February 16 or 16th February.
- Why say "within 7 days of 9th Feb" when you can say "no later than 16th Feb?
- And, obviously, AD.
- It's rather late for 2010 BC.
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I look forward to receiving your reply no later than February 16, 2010 [16th February 2010].
I don't know which format you use: February 16 or 16th February.
Why say "within 7 days of 9th Feb" when you can say "no later than 16th Feb?
And, obviously, AD. It's rather late for 2010 BC. (In some contexts, it's considered politically incorrect to us AD and BC; it's CE and
I don't know which format you use: February 16 or 16th February.
Why say "within 7 days of 9th Feb" when you can say "no later than 16th Feb?
And, obviously, AD. It's rather late for 2010 BC. (In some contexts, it's considered politically incorrect to us AD and BC; it's CE and
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