- Which is correct — a year or an year? [duplicate]
The word year when pronounced starts with a phonetic sound of e which is a vowel sound making it eligible for being preceded by an Yet, we tend to write a year Why?
- prepositions - in the year 1908 or in the year of 1908 - English . . .
I recommend "in the year 1908" then It's hard to argue in any case that the year belonged to or derived from "1908", which would warrant the use of the word "of" AKA "Freud is a visitor at James's Sussex residence, Lamb House, in the land of ZOMBIES" would properly imply that the land was owned by or populated by zombies
- What is the difference between in this year and this year?
You've helped us with our thesis statements in this year You've helped us with our thesis statements 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
- Under the Chicago Manual of Style, does year over year need . . .
In the sentence, The company experienced strong year[-]over[-]year growth , how does the Chicago Manual of Style govern the hyphenation? Part of me believes that it falls under the quot;phrases,
- 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 3 years, 3 months ago Modified 3 years, 3 months ago
- Year olds or year-olds - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1 I would use a suspended en-dash: I was an advisor to the 14– and 15–year-olds The choice of open (year old), closed (yearold) or hyphenated (year-old) compounds is often a difficult one The first guide is to see what others do and whether the compound exists in a dictionary
- 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)
- 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 I understand that it's surely not exhaustively
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