(A) September is the ninth month of the year. (B) September is the ninth month of a year. (C) September is the ninth month of year.
I suppose (A) is the only natural way to express this idea, but I'm not so sure. What about (B) and (C)? Do they sound very strange to native speakers?
Top answer
"A" is grammatical and natural. "B" is grammatical but unnatural. "C" is ungrammatical.
— Teechr
"A" is grammatical and natural.
"B" is grammatical but unnatural.
"C" is ungrammatical.
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