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Expressing The Date: For Single Days and Dates We Use On

There are different conventions for expressing dates in writing and speaking in English. When writing out the date, we typically write the numeric date first followed by the month and year (e.g. 1st January 2004). When saying the date, we typically say the date followed by the month followed by the year (e.g. "the first of January 2004"). The correct prepositions to use with dates are: use "in" with months and years (e.g. "I was born in August"), use "on" with specific dates (e.g. "I was born on the 12th of May 2000"), and use "at" to indicate clock times (e.g. "at

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Expressing The Date: For Single Days and Dates We Use On

There are different conventions for expressing dates in writing and speaking in English. When writing out the date, we typically write the numeric date first followed by the month and year (e.g. 1st January 2004). When saying the date, we typically say the date followed by the month followed by the year (e.g. "the first of January 2004"). The correct prepositions to use with dates are: use "in" with months and years (e.g. "I was born in August"), use "on" with specific dates (e.g. "I was born on the 12th of May 2000"), and use "at" to indicate clock times (e.g. "at

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Expressing the date

How we write 1st January 2004 07/09/1959 August 12 2003


the date

How we say
The first of January 2004 The seventh of September 1959 August the 12th 2003
the date

Prepositions
For single days and dates we use on.
For example:
I was born on the 7th of the month.
For months we use in.
For example:
I was born in September.

! My birthday is on September the 7th.


4. Sample sentences and the correct prepositions:

I was born in 1999. (Use in with the year.)

I was born in August. (Use in with the month.)

I was born on 12th May, 2000. (Use on in the complete date.)

If you write 4/8/2011, it is the 4th August 2011 in Britain, but it is April 8th, 2011 in the USA.

Don't forget to use...

in + month or year- In March, In 2003

on + date (with the year or without it) or day of the week- On April 2, On March 3, 1999, On Saturday

at + clock time, midnight, noon- At 3:30 p.m., At 4:01, At noon

Remember also...

in + season- In the summer, In the winter

in + morning, afternoon, evening- In the morning, In the evening


at + night- At night

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