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- How do you show possession with the word year (years vs. years)?
Is this the correct spelling of year's in this context? I'm not a native English speaker writer, but I do consider myself fluent, and this spelling tickled something in the back of my brain If it matters, the report format only displays a maximum of two years at a time (this year, and last year)
- 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
- Whats the difference between a year and the year?
'A year' can be any year without any specification But 'the year' means a particular specified year or the one which is already mentioned and thereby known E g: In a year there are twelve months (means any year or all years) I was born in the year 2000 (in that particular year) Grammatically 'a an' is known as indefinite article and 'the' is definite article The indefinite article (a an
- 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
- Understanding as of, as at, and as from
Joel is mistaken when he says that as of means "up to and including a point of time," although it is often used to mean so As of designates the point in time from which something occurs So as of some point would mean from the date specified onward However, his answering of the best way to say each phrase is spot on One may use either until or up to to mean the time before which something
- prepositions - In this year versus this year - English Language . . .
3 In this year is a prepositional phrase with this year as the object This year by itself is a noun phrase Both can be used to place an event within the current year, but this year is much more natural (I don't think in this year is a hypercorrection ) In this year, Tommy has grown 12 inches (odd) This year, Tommy has grown 12 inches (ok)
- 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?
- 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?
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