How to say the dates correctly?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:04 am
Hi, everyone:
I am an English teacher in Taiwan. Currently, I'm teaching my students to say the date and this is what I have in mind:
Two ways of saying the date:
Today is Wednesday, November sixteenth, two thousand five.
(Wed., Nov. 16th, 2005)
Today is Wednesday, the sixteenth of November, two thousand and five.
I know there isn't really an official way of saying the dates, however, I do want to offer my students a systematic way to learn it.
Today I happened to come across one of my colleages' lesson and He taught the students to say:
Today is Wednesday, sixteenth November, two thousand five.
Now here comes my confusion...Is that also the correct way?
Or actually there isn't any "correct" way of saying the dates?
Such as the common saying of "ninteen O five" (1905) instead of "ninteen hundred and five."
I am an English teacher in Taiwan. Currently, I'm teaching my students to say the date and this is what I have in mind:
Two ways of saying the date:
Today is Wednesday, November sixteenth, two thousand five.
(Wed., Nov. 16th, 2005)
Today is Wednesday, the sixteenth of November, two thousand and five.
I know there isn't really an official way of saying the dates, however, I do want to offer my students a systematic way to learn it.
Today I happened to come across one of my colleages' lesson and He taught the students to say:
Today is Wednesday, sixteenth November, two thousand five.
Now here comes my confusion...Is that also the correct way?
Or actually there isn't any "correct" way of saying the dates?
Such as the common saying of "ninteen O five" (1905) instead of "ninteen hundred and five."