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- Birth anniversary: does it connote the persons being dead?
Thank you everybody Yes, Loob, I have always found it used in the media and newspapers for dead people's birthdays, especially famous people's birthdays, which are celebrated widely ( and famous people's probably because the media and newspapers talk only about them ) So I would take Mr Keith's words
- on at my birthday - WordReference Forums
Hello, Do you say "on my birthday" or "at my birthday" Apparently you can say both In which context do you use "on" and "at"? Many thanks
- birth anniversary or birthday jubilee - WordReference Forums
Hi, people The President sends a congratulatory message to a painter on the occasion of his birthday Is it correct to say "The Armenian President congratulated the painter on his 65th birth anniversary or birthday jubilee and wished him good health and further creative success " Do I have to
- When is your birthday? - WordReference Forums
As your birthday is the anniversary of your birth, it is just the day and month Your date of birth will include the full year As for prepositions, I think you have two options for answering "When is your birthday?": 1) "It's on January 22nd " 2) "January 22nd " Giving your date of birth, I would go with Ceremoniar's suggestion- month, date, year- no introduction, no prepositions, no nothing
- a birthday upon which one turns a round number - WordReference Forums
Good morning ladies gentlemen, inspired by this German-English thread I'd like to ask if you have have any special idiom, words for that type of birthday in other languages So, Germans have the phrase "Runder Gerburtstag" and it exist in Czech, too "Runder Geburtstag" is a birthday upon
- Adjective between well-off and poor | WordReference Forums
I need some adjectives to describe how poor or rich someone are and i was wondering if the order is correct (from $ to $$$$$) poverty-stricken < poor < well-off < rich < wealthy Is it right? One more question: is there any adjective that describes someone who is not poor but not well-off
- Use of born on (date) and born (date). - WordReference Forums
Hello I've had some difficulties with the use of "born on (date)" and "born (date)" without a preposition, so I hope you could shed some light on the
- if he were alive, he would lt;be gt; lt;have been gt;… | WordReference Forums
Note that "be" with birthdays can refer to both reaching an age on your birthday and being an age throughout the following year, and it can be difficult to work out which is meant Does "If he were alive, he would be 60 today" mean that today is is his 60th birthday? Or was his 60th birthday sometime in the past year
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