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English for Tourism & Hospitality by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2020/2021

1985 is split up in 19 and 85. (You say: nineteen eighty-
five).
From 2000 until 2009 the year is normally not split up.
2000 = two thousand
2001 = two thousand (and) one
The word and is often left out. From 2010 on the year is
split up again.
2010 is split up in 20 and 10. (You say: twenty ten).
2. Writing and saying the date in British English
rule: day – month – year

Day Month Year
You write: 1st January, 2010
You say: the first of January twenty ten

Note: The two letters at the end of the number and the
comma are often left out.
3. Writing and saying the date in American English
rule: month – day – year

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