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Once a month

0 Kindly advise whether I have to use "Once a month" or "Once in a month" in the sentence, 'Once a month, the promoter is reimbursed for his share in the venture.' 02br
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0 Once a month. 02br 00Clive 0-

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0 Once a month. 02br
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0 Etymologically "a" in "once a month" was a preposition meaning "in". That is, Old English's "once a month" should be translated as "once in a month". But negligence and ignorance are the momentum for language change. Nowadays some people are using "once two months" to mean "once in two months". 02br
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0 Hi Paco, 02br
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00But negligence and ignorance are the momentum for language change.12blockquote
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00I'm sure there's truth in this, but it does seem a little harsh. Does it mean that language is in an inevitable decline? 02br
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00Yours in regret, 02br
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0 Hello Clive 02br
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00I should have said "negligence and ignorance comprise 01i00part02i00 of the momentum for language change." I think nobody can tell whether a change in a language is a kind of decline or a kind of development for the language. 02br
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