RECYCLING-5 (WRITING DATES)

Good morning.

Today's recycled Daily Vitamin was originally sent on the 11th of December, 2003, and is very related to yesterday's Daily Vitamin about ordinal numbers. I hope you find it useful.

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The way we write and say dates is different in American and British English.

AMERICAN
Written
December 11 or December 11th

Spoken
December eleventh

As numbers
12/11/03 (Notice that the month comes first.)


BRITISH
Written
11 December, 11th December, December 11 or December 11th

Spoken
The eleventh of December or December the eleventh

As numbers
11/12/03

So, the U.S. dates are written and spoken with the month first, while the British generally put the day first (like in Spanish and Catalan).

Have a great day and a great weekend!