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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

it/this (American English)

01. What month is this?02br
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002. What month is it?02br
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003. What season is this?02br
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004. What season is it?02br
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005. What year is this?02br
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006. What year is it?02br
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00I think the above sentences are all acceptable, aren't they?02br
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00Which sentences are more common in American English?0-
  

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0Teo,02br
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00It depens on the situation.02br
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00If it actually is July, and you ask what month we have, it would be more common to ask "What month is it?".02br
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00Best wishes, Jake0-
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0I don't understand. The situation is that the month is July (we are in July.) and let the set the scenario, say that, on July 20, 200_, you are asking which month I am in, you should ask "What month is 01u00this02u00?", not the way like you have on (in????) your post. 02br
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00Caveat: I must admit to the public out there in this forum that personal
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0You're correct - we'd say "what month is this." I've also heard "what month are we in," but that's less common.02br
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00You could make a BIG stretch and envision a conversation in which one person is telling you about all the things that he did last year. And he's going in chronological order, with a bunch of "and then... and then..." So now he's talking about his trip
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