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English for Tourism & Hospitality by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2021/2022

5. Abbreviations BC, AD, BCE, CE
Sometimes BC or AD is added after the year.
Example:
 1060 BC (ten sixty Before Christ)
 1060 AD (ten sixty Anno Domini) – This is Latin
for in the year of the Lord.
The abbreviations BCE or CE are becoming more
and more common today.
 1060 BCE (ten sixty Before
the Common/Current/Christian Era)
 1060 CE (ten
sixty Common/Current/Christian Era)
 1060 BC = 1060 BCE
 1060 AD = 1060 CE
6. Note
It is common to use numbers instead of months.
British English
 13-11-2010
 13/11/2010
 13.11.2010
American English
 11-13-2010
 11/13/2010
 11.13.2010
If you write 4/8/2011, it is the 4th August
2011 in Britain, but it is April 8th, 2011 in
the USA.

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