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Saying dates in English [closed]
Are these dates correctly pronounced? Should it be 'dash' or 'hyphen'? Roman one, or '/aɪ/'?
27/I-1980, twenty-seven, slash, Roman one, dash/hypen, nineteen eighty
4/II-1936 Four slash Roman two ...
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Is it correct to omit number suffix on dates?
If I have a date written: Saturday 16 December is it correct ?
Or does the grammar oblige me to add the number suffix to 16 making 16th as in: Saturday 16th December ?
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Does “nineteen-hundreds” refer to 1900–1909 or 1900–1999?
The words "nineteen-hundreds" to me mean strictly 1900–1909. I've noticed several times that people, invariably North American, use these words to mean "the twentieth century", or 1900–1999, or ...
