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Yury Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
During 1-10 Jan
Please let me know how 1-10 is pronounced in the sentence below.
one to ten or the first to the tenth etc?
"Recorded peak river heights during 1-10 Jan 2009."
which I found at an Autralian website.
one to ten or the first to the tenth etc?
"Recorded peak river heights during 1-10 Jan 2009."
which I found at an Autralian website.
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Hi, It would need to be "recorded peak river heights between the first and the 10th of January 2009". You can also say "recorded peak river heights from the first to the 10th of January 2009". The important thing is that when we speak of dates we use 'first', 'second' and so on not 'one', 'two'...
- Hi, It would need to be "recorded peak river heights between the first and the 10th of January 2009".
- You can also say "recorded peak river heights from the first to the 10th of January 2009".
- The important thing is that when we speak of dates we use 'first', 'second' and so on not 'one', 'two'...
- Bernice
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Hi,
It would need to be "recorded peak river heights between the first and the 10th of January 2009". You can also say "recorded peak river heights from the first to the 10th of January 2009". The important thing is that when we speak of dates we use 'first', 'second' and so on not 'one', 'two'...
Bernice
It would need to be "recorded peak river heights between the first and the 10th of January 2009". You can also say "recorded peak river heights from the first to the 10th of January 2009". The important thing is that when we speak of dates we use 'first', 'second' and so on not 'one', 'two'...
Bernice
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