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- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Whats the difference between in the same year and the same year?
It remained constant at this level till May the same year In this sentence, can we use 'in' before the noun phrase 'the same year'? What is the difference between 'in the same year' and 'the same year'?
- grammar - Should we use year-end or end-year? - English Language . . .
I wonder that should we use mid-year and year-end or to use mid-year and end-year What 's diffirent?
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