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Cogar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

how to write dates

0hello all,02br
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00How do you put all the commas between the components of dates? As a starter, is the format below correct? Thank you so much.02br
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00Please contact me at my mobile as I will be in Canada from 501sup00th02sup00 May to 3001sup00th02sup00 June, 2007. 0-
  

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02br 02br 00Your example is correctly written. 0-

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0 I was taught to place a comma after the day and before the year, e.g.:02br
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00Your example is correctly written. There are, however, other accepted patterns.02br
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00PS: By the way, I'd say 'contact/call me 01u00on02u00 my mobile'.0-
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01cite10Conchita5712cite10I was taught to place a comma after the day and before the year, e.g.:12br
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10Your example is correctly written. There are, however, other accepted patterns.12br
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10PS: By the way, I'd say 'contact/call me 
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0 No, Americans would say "01b00on02b00 my 01b00cell02b05000". 05102br
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00We would use the word "at" with a specific telephone number:02br
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01i00You can reach me at 555-1212.02i010id9311id1
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01cite10Yankee12cite10No, Americans would say "11b10on12b10 my 11b10cell12b15010". 15112br
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10We would use the word "at" with a specific telephone number:12br
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0 Yes, that's the difference between BE and AmE. 02br
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00Did you know that if you do a word for word translation, the Germans call someone "under" a number? 050010id2
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01cite10Cogar12cite10Please contact me at my mobile as I will be in Canada from 511sup10th12sup10 May to 3011sup10th12sup10 June11font11b10,12b12font10 2007. 12br
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10Hi Cogar02br
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0 01b00June 30, 200702b00 and 01b006/30/0702b00are still very typical formats in the US. 050010id1
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0 Hi everyone,02br
00by the way, even if you write "June 30", "March 12", etc., those are still pronounced "June 30th", "March 12th", aren't they? 050010id1
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Hi everyone,12br
10by the way, even if you write "June 30", "March 12", etc., those are still pronounced "June 30th", "March 12th", aren't they? 15012br
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10Not by everybody, Kooyeen. Some pronounce them as cardinals. I don't know what to say about
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0 Hi Kooyeen02br
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00In the US, people would usually pronounce "June 30" as "June thirtieth". 02br
00Pronouncing it as a cardinal number would tend to sound very "military" or very formally stiff.0-
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