WRITING AND SAYING DATES

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We are going to finish up the week by looking at the way we write and say DATES, which is sometimes different in American and British English.

AMERICAN
Written
October 11 or October 11th

Spoken
October eleventh, October the 11th

As numbers
10/11/2022 (Notice that the month comes first.)


BRITISH
Written
11 October, 11th October, October 11 or October 11th

Spoken
The eleventh of October or October the eleventh.

As numbers
11/10/2022

So, the US dates are generally written and spoken with the month first, while the British generally put the day first (like in Spanish and Catalan). However, there is a lot of variation in spoken English, so the way we say the dates is not strictly American or British; it's just a tendency.

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Have a great day!