If I want to express the date: 1/1/17 can I say "on January first"? For example: I'm going to meet him on January first. I know that I can say also: "the first of January", but my question is ...

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The formats "1 January 2018" and "1st January 2018" are both widespread in Britain. Including a comma before the year is less common and most style guides recommend against it. It has …

Jan 1, 2025 · Commented Jan 2 at 7:49 I think your 'source' is correct in saying that 'on [someone's] right' usually means 'next to them' while 'to their right' could refer to something …

Jan 4, 2025 · Commented Jan 5 at 2:18 1 hi @Lerner Zhang, in my mother or [both] my parents (is infected with the flu) , bracketing commas shouldn't be skipped if or both my parents is …

Commented Jan 8 at 11:25 @greg as it is an idiom its meaning somewhat transcends any root meaning. I would happily use it in a text or email conversation, so no - you don't need to be …

Commented Jan 1, 2021 at 19:11 2 The implication is perhaps that democracy itself was at stake and could be either supported or opposed by voting for particular options on the ballot paper.

Commented Jan 1, 2016 at 6:43 Did the original poster mean "Peninsular Malaysia" (the part of Malaysia that is on the Asian mainland, instead of in the Indonesian archipelago)? Or did the …

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Commented Jan 1, 2020 at 18:07 @Bernhard Döbler: Never originally in English, I think (though maybe as a latter-day "back-formation). The full OED gives me the impression the noun (for …