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- terminology - Why use BCE CE instead of BC AD? - English Language . . .
Here are just a few problems with BC AD: They're inconsistent BC is an abbreviation of the English phrase before Christ, while AD is an abbreviation of a Latin phrase anno Domini It's very strange that going across the arbitrary division line between two years also requires a change in the language of abbreviation
- Why is B. C. (Before Christ) in English, but A. D. (anno domini) in Latin?
According to Wikipedia: Even though Anno Domini was in widespread use by the 9th century, Before Christ (or its equivalent) did not become common until much later Bede used the expression "anno igitur ante incarnationem Dominicam" (so in the year before the Incarnation of the Lord) twice "Anno an xpi nativitate" (in the year before the birth of Christ) is found in 1474 in a work by a German
- Position of AD in a full date (BrE) - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Unlike in Latin, in English the conventional usage is to place AD - Anno Domini before the date: from (ancienthistory about com): Although, unlike English, Latin is not a word-order language, it is conventional in English writing for A D to precede the year (A D 2010) so that the translation, read in word order, would mean "in the year of our
- sentence - Usage of AD era designation - English Language Usage . . .
From what I understand of the situation: The era designator 'AD' is an abbreviation for 'Anno Domini', meaning 'In the year of the Lord' By that reasoning, 'AD 1453' is a complete dependent clause Disregarding any current practice regarding AD vs CE, factual accuracy, or other concerns, is this actually a complete sentence? What would be the recommended arrangement for using 'AD' as an era
- single word requests - How to reference to a numbered list item . . .
0 Rather than to or on, "ad" associates with Anno Domini first and foremost with many English speakers You might want to try " (see 1 )" or just " (1)"
- What does N. B. stand for? [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I have received letters for years, and some of the most common things in letters are post-scripts, however, there are also these funny little "N B " which obviously do not stand for Post Script Wh
- Hyphenation in first century AD etc as an adjective
The argument is that the phrase Anno Domini has a specific unit of time built into it—and it's years It's perfectly reasonable to say AD 1337 (or 1337 AD if you must), but to say fourteenth century AD is to say fourteenth century year of the lord, which is clearly nonsensical
- etymology - Derivation of anus from annulus? - English Language . . .
Annulus is also related to annual, or the yearly cycle Related to Anno Domini - Year of Our Lord The double 'n' seems to be correct historically although they have a common origin Not necessarily surprising that anus may not have been named until the 16th C The hip bone ("innominate") is the "unnamed" bone The pudendal nerve (the one that goes numb if you've been riding a bike for too
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