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#507366 - Thu Jan 07 2010 11:13 AM grammar question
root17 Mainstay Registered: Sun Jul 16 2000 Posts: 736 Loc: Rochester New York USA	Would you write a date (European style) as: 26 November, 1942 or 26 November 1942 (only difference is comma after November) _________________________ Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans -- John Lennon
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#507367 - Thu Jan 07 2010 11:28 AM Re: grammar question
Snowman Prolific Registered: Wed Oct 31 2007 Posts: 1615 Loc: London, England	As I understand it, if the date precedes the month there should be no comma, e.g. 26 November 2009 but if the month precedes the date then the comma should be inserted, e.g. November 26, 2009
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#507368 - Thu Jan 07 2010 01:01 PM Re: grammar question
looney_tunes Forum Champion Registered: Tue Jan 20 2009 Posts: 5976 Loc: Briar Hill Victoria Australia	When I moved to Australia, I made the painful transition from November 26, 2009 to 26 November 2009 (and the even harder one from 11/26/09 to 26/11/09). However, the extra comma (26 November, 2009) has started to appear in recent years. _________________________ (Editor in Humanities, Religion, Literature and For Children) That's all, folks!
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#507369 - Thu Jan 07 2010 01:46 PM Re: grammar question
sue943 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 19 1999 Posts: 38005 Loc: Jersey Channel Islands	I would never use a comma for 7 January 2010. _________________________ Many a child has been spoiled because you can't spank a Grandma!
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#507370 - Thu Jan 07 2010 03:20 PM Re: grammar question
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	I've always seen it without the comma if the number is before the month. Looney_tunes, my cell phone has the date in the 07/01/10 format (for Jan. 7), and it looks backwards to me, and I can't change it. _________________________ The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin Jowett No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt The day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.
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#507371 - Thu Jan 07 2010 10:46 PM Re: grammar question
SilverMoonsong Moderator Registered: Sun Nov 07 1999 Posts: 3989 Loc: Durham, North Carolina USA	You would only use the comma to separate the numbers (day and year). You do not need the comma to separate the month and year. _________________________ Forum Moderator: Useful Tips & Tricks, Movies & Television, Music Cellar Senior Crossword Editor
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#507372 - Mon Jan 11 2010 02:25 PM Re: grammar question
LeoDaVinci Moderator Registered: Fri Mar 23 2001 Posts: 12578 Loc: Ontario Canada	I actually have switched to ordering all my photos by YYYYMMDD. It's easier to sort and look through. Today would be 20100111 for instance. Just to throw another format into the mix. Edited by LeoDaVinci (Mon Jan 11 2010 02:25 PM) _________________________ "La divina podestate, la somma sapienza e 'l primo amore." -------------------- Editor/Moderator/Awesome Guy
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#507373 - Mon Jan 11 2010 03:44 PM Re: grammar question
Quiz_Beagle Mainstay Registered: Thu Jan 04 2007 Posts: 957 Loc: Gloucestershire UK	Oh, yes - to sort it is definitely easier to use that format (but not in normal life). I wouldn't use a comma for dates like 11 January 2010 (although I might make it into an ordinal - 11th January 2010 (although Chrome doesn't like that...)). _________________________ Only Happy Beagles do the Happy Beagle Dance!
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