- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- Is there a common term for the unfinished portion of a calendar year?
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)?
- Which one is correct: 1yr or 1yr. or 1 yr?
I need to put one of the above on one of my app's buttons Bonus question - does the same rule hold in plural? That is if I write "1 yr ", do I write "15 yrs " as well?
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