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- Which is correct — a year or an year? [duplicate]
For the word 'year' to be preceded by 'an' it must sound like it's beginning with a vowel The reason why it is a tad tricky is because of the difference in the way people pronounce it Some people pronounce the word 'year' as 'ear' with 'y' silent, thereby wanting 'an' to precede and feeling discomfort with 'a' e g
- If annual means one year, is there any word for two,three, four. . year
From WordWeb: Annual: Occurring or payable every year What is the corresponding single word for occurring every two year, three year, four year etc
- grammar - Is it wrong when people say from this year instead of . . .
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- What is the difference between in this year and this year?
Both sentences have the same meaning and are both fine grammatically, but by convention in is not usually used to refer to the current year, and will sound strange to native speakers You should use sentence 2 In is usually used for a year in the past or the future, followed by a date, such as: The Battle of Hastings took place in the year 1066
- What does it mean when someone says he is from the Class of 2001?
Americans born this year will likely graduate from a university in the 'class of 2034', the seniors graduating this weekend are in the 'class of 2012', and at 25 anniversary class reunion in a month is for 'the class of 1987', the year of their graduation Incoming freshmen in the fall are 'class of 2016' (four year college)
- How do you show possession with the word year (years vs. years)?
When historical reporting is included, the column for this year's survey will be thinner, and the column for last year will appear behind it in grey should be When historical reporting is included, the column for this year's survey will be thinner, and the column for last year's will appear behind it in grey
- Is there a proper term to describe ⅓ of a year (4 months)?
There is a difference between a duration period of three months as in "trimester" and an event occurring every 3 months as in "quarterly" In the same vein you would have a quadrimester or tri-annually(which means three times a year; not every 3 months) both being correct in the right context
- What differences are there between annually, yearly, and every year?
If Dengue happens more than once a year then it happens several times or twice or however many times a year and certainly, that could and often would be expressed as ‘three times annually’ or ‘five times yearly’ or 'several times every year’ or '… each year' or '… in a year' or '… during the year'
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