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Lucas21c Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The + date

Could you tell me whether 'the' is required in front of the date in the following sentence? Thank you in advance.


We have to complete the project by the 30th of May.

  

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lucas21c Could you tell me whether 'the' is required in front of the date in the following sentence? Yes, it is required. The use of 'the' depends on how you express the date.

  • lucas21c Could you tell me whether 'the' is required in front of the date in the following sentence?
  • Yes, it is required.
  • The use of 'the' depends on how you express the date.
  • It's either by the 30th of May or by May 30 .
  • CJ
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lucas21cCould you tell me whether 'the' is required in front of the date in the following sentence?

Yes, it is required. The use of 'the' depends on how you express the date.

It's either by the 30th of May or by May 30.

CJ

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lucas21cCould you tell me whether 'the' is required in front of the date in the following sentence?

Yes, it is. You have two choices:

...by the 30th of May.

...by May 30th.


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