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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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how to write the date?

0Which one is correct? Any other way in writing the date?02br
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00September 22, 200602br
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00September 2201sup00nd02sup00, 200602br
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002201sup00nd02sup00 September 2006 02br
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0 01b 00Brithish English02b 02br 0022 September 2006 or 22nd September 200602br 01b 00American English02b 02br 00September 22, 200602br 02br 01b 00In business letters02b 02br 02br 0022 September 2006 or 22nd September 2006 or September 22 2006 (without comma)0-

— Dominik

  • 0 01b 00Brithish English02b 02br 0022 September 2006 or 22nd September 200602br 01b 00American English02b 02br 00September 22, 200602br 02br 01b 00In business letters02b 02br 02br 0022 September 2006 or 22nd September 2006 or September 22 2006 (without comma)0-
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0 01b00Brithish English02b02br
0022 September 2006 or 22nd September 200602br
01b00American English02b02br
00September 22, 200602br
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0 It's not that simple. For example in American English, September 22, 2006; 22 September 2006; and 22nd September 2006, would be all acceptable, although September 22, 2006 would be the more common form.02br
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00I've never seen this one tho': September 22 2006 (without comma)02br
00That would look rather strange.02br
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10I've never seen this one tho': September 22 2006 (without comma) That would look rather strange.12blockquote
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10Personally, I prefer to always use the ISO 8601 standard and wr
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11cite20Marvin A.22cite20I've never seen this one tho': September 22 2006 (without comma) That would look rather strange.22blockquote
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0 In another business book I've found:02br
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00There are two essential ways of writing the date:02br
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00There are many ways of writing the date so it's up to you which way you choose. So you can place a coma if you like bu
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0 Dominik, the two examples in your last post are certainly the most common. I too advise you to not use the version without the comma. 0-
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0OK. I like commas 050010id1
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0I am the most grateful to you guys for all your advices. Thank you very much.0-
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Thank you all very much. Always wondered what's the best way to write a date. S, today, I decided why google it and bingo, help came in handy. Thanks again y'all. Work with an American Company as so my style will be example July 9, 2008.
Thank you, thank you all.
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Marvin A.I've never seen this one tho': September 22 2006 (without comma)
That would look rather strange.

It looks strange to me as well but is commonly used in some British newspapers, even in running text. Look at the top of this [url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/]page.[/ur
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