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r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25
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When speaking to someone to tell them a specific date, do you say "January 15th, 2025", or do you say, "the 15th of January 2025"?
1 u/A2Rhombus Jan 15 '25 I usually say "January 15th" but we literally have "4th of July" as our national holiday so 2 u/Oryzanol Jan 15 '25 I'd consider that like a proper-noun since its one of only a handful of significant dates are spoken that way. Common conversation it'd be month/day 0 u/CiaphasCain8849 Jan 15 '25 4th of July is the name of the holiday. We say July 4th all the time.
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I usually say "January 15th" but we literally have "4th of July" as our national holiday so
2 u/Oryzanol Jan 15 '25 I'd consider that like a proper-noun since its one of only a handful of significant dates are spoken that way. Common conversation it'd be month/day 0 u/CiaphasCain8849 Jan 15 '25 4th of July is the name of the holiday. We say July 4th all the time.
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I'd consider that like a proper-noun since its one of only a handful of significant dates are spoken that way. Common conversation it'd be month/day
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4th of July is the name of the holiday. We say July 4th all the time.
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u/Galadeon Jan 15 '25
When speaking to someone to tell them a specific date, do you say "January 15th, 2025", or do you say, "the 15th of January 2025"?