
How do you show possession with the word "year" ("year's" …
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, …
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 …
If annual means one year, is there any word for two,three, four.. year
Jul 29, 2011 · 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 …
grammar - Is it wrong when people say "from this year" instead of ...
Aug 16, 2022 · Is it wrong when people say "from this year" instead of "starting this year"? [closed] Ask Question Asked 2 years, 11 months ago Modified 2 years, 11 months ago
What differences are there between "annually", "yearly", and …
10 Either annually or yearly can and frequently does replace ‘every year’ as none of the phrases is limited by the number of occurrences, except to the extent that what happens twice a year is …
What's the difference between 'a year' and 'the year'?
Jan 26, 2017 · '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 …
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?
What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Aug 23, 2014 · 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?
prepositions - "in the year 1908" or "in the year of 1908" - English ...
Feb 21, 2023 · 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 …
grammar - Age description and hyphenating - English Language …
Apr 25, 2015 · How would I say a toddler is 2 years and 7 months old correctly? Is this right: It is a two-year-seven-month-old toddler. Or do I need an “and” between? I personally think …