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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Saying dates in American English

Hello,

In how many ways is it possible to say dates in American English?
Eg.,It's October, 30 (It's October thirty or it's October thirtieth)
He was born on October 30 (on October thirty/thirtieth)

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In spoken AmE, we always use the ordinal: thirtieth. If the month is written in full (October) we'll write the abbreviation of the day: October 30th. Slightly rare is reversing the order: The 30th of October.

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  • In spoken AmE, we always use the ordinal: thirtieth.
  • If the month is written in full (October) we'll write the abbreviation of the day: October 30th.
  • Slightly rare is reversing the order: The 30th of October.
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In spoken AmE, we always use the ordinal: thirtieth.

If the month is written in full (October) we'll write the abbreviation of the day: October 30th.

Slightly rare is reversing the order: The 30th of October.
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