En anglés es fa servir els números ordinals (first - 1st, second - 2nd, third - 3rd, fourth - 4th) per les dates:
p.ex.
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01.02.17 = the first of February, twenty seventeen. |
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03.06.20 = the third of June, twenty twenty. |
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25.12.1994 = the twenty-fifth of December, nineteen ninety-four. |
Errors: The one of february; the three of june; the twenty five of december són incorrectes.
Es poden escriure les dates de diferents maneres:
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2 Feb 2013 |
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2nd February 2013 |
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2 February 2013 |
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February 2nd 2013 |
Es poden dir les dates de diferents maneres.
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02.02.13 = the second of February or February (the) second |
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12.07.12 = the twelfth of July or July (the) twelfth |
Normalment es diu l’any d’aquesta manera:
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1995: nineteen ninety five |
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1850: eighteen fifty |
Es pot dir el segle actual de dues maneres diferents:
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2000 = the year two thousand |
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2001 = two thousand and one |
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2017 = twenty seventeen or two thousand and seventeen |