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  1. Which is correct — "a year" or "an year"? [duplicate]

    The word year when pronounced starts with a phonetic sound of e which is a vowel sound making it eligible for being preceded by an. Yet, we tend to write a year. Why?

  2. prepositions - "in the year 1908" or "in the year of 1908" - English ...

    Feb 21, 2023 · I recommend "in the year 1908" then. It's hard to argue in any case that the year belonged to or derived from "1908", which would warrant the use of the word "of". AKA "Freud is a …

  3. How do you show possession with the word "year" ("year's" vs."years")?

    Is this the correct spelling of year's in this context? I'm not a native English speaker/writer, but I do consider myself fluent, and this spelling tickled something in the back of my brain. If it matters, the …

  4. If annual means one year, is there any word for two,three, four.. year

    Jul 29, 2011 · From WordWeb: Annual: Occurring or payable every year What is the corresponding single word for occurring every two year, three year, four year etc. I understand that it's surely not …

  5. "Year olds" or "year-olds" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 28, 2014 · 1 I would use a suspended en-dash: I was an advisor to the 14– and 15–year-olds. The choice of open (year old), closed (yearold) or hyphenated (year-old) compounds is often a difficult …

  6. What's the difference between 'a year' and 'the year'?

    Jan 26, 2017 · 'A year' can be any year without any specification. But 'the year' means a particular/specified year or the one which is already mentioned and thereby known. E.g: In a year …

  7. What differences are there between "annually", "yearly", and "every …

    10 Either annually or yearly can and frequently does replace ‘every year’ as none of the phrases is limited by the number of occurrences, except to the extent that what happens twice a year is strictly …

  8. grammar - Should we use year-end or end-year? - English Language ...

    I wonder that should we use mid-year and year-end or to use mid-year and end-year. What 's diffirent?

  9. grammar - Is it wrong when people say "from this year" instead of ...

    Aug 16, 2022 · Is it wrong when people say "from this year" instead of "starting this year"? [closed] Ask Question Asked 3 years, 3 months ago Modified 3 years, 3 months ago

  10. 'Year' or 'Years'? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    The second and final year gives the impression that you mean one specific year, which was at the same time your second, as well as your final year. For example: In the fifth and last year of the war, the …