January (the) first ?

[ph2004]

"January the first" is correct and "January first" is not, if you want to mention the first day of January ?

 

[sunsunmoon]

One writes January 1, but says “January first.”
One writes November 12, but says “November twelfth.”
January 1 Doesn’t Need an “st”

 

[Rover_KE]

"January the first" is correct and "January first" is not"

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You can say 'January first' if you want to. Who's going to tell you it's not correct?

Rover

 

[ph2004]

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You can say 'January first' if you want to. Who's going to tell you it's not correct?

Rover

If only life was that easy. :-|