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- grammar - Is it wrong when people say from this year instead of . . .
Is it wrong when people say "from this year" instead of "starting this year"? [closed] Ask Question Asked 2 years, 10 months ago Modified 2 years, 10 months ago
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
- Is there a common term for the unfinished portion of a calendar year?
1 Year to date (YTD) is commonly used to describe the completed portion of the current calendar year Is there a common term to use for the remaining part of the year (i e - now through December 31 of the current year)? The idea is to use this in a graph with a fixed x-axis showing the entire year
- grammaticality - Is it correct to say “Let this be a year where . . .
Is it correct to say the following: Let this be a year where there will be joy Or is there some more natural phasing for that sentiment in English?
- When was the Year 0? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The lack of a year 0 is why pedants can point out that the third millennium started in the year 2001, not 2000 Years 1-1000 were the first millennium, 1001-2000 the second, and 2001-3000 the third; if we'd actually had a year 0, this wouldn't have been a problem, as the millennia would go 1st: 0-999, 2nd: 1000-1999, 3rd: 2000-2999
- nouns - How do you show possession with the word year (years vs . . .
Correct, sort of Possessive adjectives do not always imply belonging per se I would not say that the survey "belongs" to the year Possessive adjectives replace the word "of " So "the year's" instead means, "of the year," but it is placed before the noun rather than after it
- terminology - Why use BCE CE instead of BC AD? - English Language . . .
When I was a kid, I was always taught to refer to years using BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini year of our Lord) However, I somewhat regularly hear people referring to years as in the CE (
- Meaning of by when combined with year - English Language Usage . . .
Meaning of 'by' when combined with year Ask Question Asked 7 years, 4 months ago Modified 7 years, 4 months ago
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