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Grammar

Notation of a date

0 It is May 11, 2005 today. 02br
00In my mother language, we usually write: 2005. 5. 11. 02br
00In this forum, the posting date is indicated as: 05-11-2005. 02br
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00I have just written a letter and dated: 11/5/2005. 02br
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00Should I have dated 00 ? 02br
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00 indicates 00 ....? I'm confused. Please give me your hand ! 02br
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0 May 11, 2005 02br 02br 00That's usually what you put in a letter. Well, it's what I put, anyway! 02br 02br 00CJ 0-

— CalifJim

  • 0 May 11, 2005 02br 02br 00That's usually what you put in a letter.
  • Well, it's what I put, anyway!
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0 May 11, 2005 02br
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0 As Jim says, usually in a letter we would write out the month: May 5, 2005 (in the U.S.). In other situations, when you want to use only numerals, the form in the U.S. is month/day/year, so we would understand 11/5/05 to mean November 5, 2005. I'm not sure how it is in Britain, but I know that some European countries put the day first, so that 11/5/05 would mean May 11. If your writing is g
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0 To my knowledge, the British write---day, month, year( in that order), otherwise they spell out the month. 0-
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0And I add my voice to the plea to 01b00write out the month02b00. 02br
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00It is the only sure solution. Nothing irks or confuses me more than being presented with the date '5/4/05', and then having to know, learn or surmise the nationality of the source-- and after that, having to figure out if s/he was using his native system or courteously trying
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0 Hello, everyone ! 02br
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00You know something...? In this HP, the posting date is indicated in two ways, in turn...! 02br
00It's Roro and actually I made this anonymous post. When I was writing it, they express today's date as 01<11-05-2001>00. 02br
00But after I sent it, I found that the indication had turned to 01<05-11-2005>00
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0 Just to confirm: 02br
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00BrE usually says DMY. 02br
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00e.g. 11/5/05 or 11 May 2005. 02br
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