The second one, 4th is what is used.Originally Posted by whl626
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- 24-Oct-2003, 16:31 #1
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4 or 4th Are you free the weekend of November 4 ?
How about ' 4th ' ?
- 24-Oct-2003, 19:34 #2
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Re: 4 or 4th
- 25-Oct-2003, 01:48 #3
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:) Then I would put it that people just want to make it short for convenience sake.
- 25-Oct-2003, 06:50 #4
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Do you mean leave out the month? That's possible if that is understood. Example: Originally Posted by whl626
- Are you free on the fourth?
What I meant tho is that people would either say November fourth or the fourth of November.
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- 25-Oct-2003, 12:22 #5
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No, I mean leave out the ' th ' :).
- 25-Oct-2003, 14:24 #6
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Originally Posted by whl626
Mm. In business letters people tend to leave out the 'th':
8) Are you free the weekend of November 4?
8) Are you free the weekend of 4 November?
I don't know if it's that way in spoken form, though.
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- 25-Oct-2003, 15:01 #7
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What I've seen is the first :) " Are you free the weekend of November 4 ?
That's why I wonder if 4 is short for 4th ? because of laziness :P
- 26-Oct-2003, 01:50 #8
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Using Numbers, Writing Lists Originally Posted by whl626
:DThe advice proffered here is meant primarily for standard academic prose. Business and technical writing sometimes goes by a different set of standards, and writers of those kinds of text should consult a manual dedicated to those standards. (The APA Publication Manual has an extensive section devoted to the use of numbers in technical papers. The Chicago Manual of Style [chapter 13] addresses just about every issue that might come up in a technical or mathematical text.)
Dates and years: December 18, 1997. Avoid using ordinals when writing dates: Her birthday is on April 4.
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/numbers.htm
- 26-Oct-2003, 01:59 #9
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That is some source :). That clears up the mess once and for all :) Thanks
- 26-Oct-2003, 04:55 #10
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Apparently, that is some kind of rule for business writing. In speech at least, my birthday has always been July 4th. Originally Posted by Casiopea Using Numbers, Writing Lists Originally Posted by whl626
:DThe advice proffered here is meant primarily for standard academic prose. Business and technical writing sometimes goes by a different set of standards, and writers of those kinds of text should consult a manual dedicated to those standards. (The APA Publication Manual has an extensive section devoted to the use of numbers in technical papers. The Chicago Manual of Style [chapter 13] addresses just about every issue that might come up in a technical or mathematical text.)
Dates and years: December 18, 1997. Avoid using ordinals when writing dates: Her birthday is on April 4.
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/numbers.htm
Do you know what day of the year is a sentence?
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