Which is correct — a year or an year? [duplicate] For the word 'year' to be preceded by 'an' it must sound like it's beginning with a vowel The reason why it is a tad tricky is because of the difference in the way people pronounce it Some people pronounce the word 'year' as 'ear' with 'y' silent, thereby wanting 'an' to precede and feeling discomfort with 'a' e g
Which one is correct: 1yr or 1yr. or 1 yr? As reported by the Oxford Living Dictionaries (and similarly by the copy of the New Oxford American English that was installed on my Mac Mini) yr is an English abbreviation, but it could be both the abbreviation of year or years, while yrs is the abbreviation for years or yours
nouns - How do you show possession with the word year (years vs . . . When historical reporting is included, the column for this year's survey will be thinner, and the column for last year will appear behind it in grey should be When historical reporting is included, the column for this year's survey will be thinner, and the column for last year's will appear behind it in grey
prepositions - in the year 1908 or in the year of 1908 - English . . . Use of ‘the year’ is also optional here: in modern usage, ‘…in 1732’ would be more common, but ‘the year’ adds emphasis and formality; in historical usage ‘…the year 1732’ was more standard On the other hand, if specifying the year by an event, then ‘of’ is correct:
What differences are there between annually, yearly, and every year? Longman says yearly means ‘happening or appearing every year or once a year’ Oxford says yearly means ‘Happening or produced once a year or every year’ Your Dengue outbreaks seem very confusing In my country your ‘rainy season’ does happen once a year; that's why it's called 'the rainy season'
Which is it: 1½ years old or 1½ year old? [duplicate] It would come much more naturally to a native speaker to say not "That man is a 50-year-old" [note also the hyphenation here] but "That is a 50-year-old man"; similarly, not "That kid is a one-and-a-half-year-old today" [a construction I have never heard anyone use when referring to half years as part of someone's age], but "That is a one-and-a-half-year-old kid" (omitting the 'today'), or
What is the difference between Per year and Per annum? PER YEAR We can currently get about 5% per year from investing in long-dated gilts, so we might aim to get 6% per year from the property Penetration of digital has hit 20 % in a year, with incremental revenue per subscriber at $22 per year and growing, he said
What is the difference between in this year and this year? Both sentences have the same meaning and are both fine grammatically, but by convention in is not usually used to refer to the current year, and will sound strange to native speakers You should use sentence 2 In is usually used for a year in the past or the future, followed by a date, such as: The Battle of Hastings took place in the year 1066
Is there a proper term to describe ⅓ of a year (4 months)? There is a difference between a duration period of three months as in "trimester" and an event occurring every 3 months as in "quarterly" In the same vein you would have a quadrimester or tri-annually(which means three times a year; not every 3 months) both being correct in the right context
Is there a common term for the unfinished portion of a calendar year? Year to date (YTD) is commonly used to describe the completed portion of the current calendar year Is there a common term to use for the remaining part of the year (i e - now through December 31 of the current year)? The idea is to use this in a graph with a fixed x-axis showing the entire year