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- 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
- 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?
- 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
- Meaning of by when combined with year - English Language Usage . . .
Meaning of 'by' when combined with year Ask Question Asked 7 years, 4 months ago Modified 7 years, 4 months ago
- nouns - How do you show possession with the word year (years vs . . .
Correct, sort of Possessive adjectives do not always imply belonging per se I would not say that the survey "belongs" to the year Possessive adjectives replace the word "of " So "the year's" instead means, "of the year," but it is placed before the noun rather than after it
- terminology - Why use BCE CE instead of BC AD? - English Language . . .
When I was a kid, I was always taught to refer to years using BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini year of our Lord) However, I somewhat regularly hear people referring to years as in the CE (
- 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
- 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
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