How to ask and tell or read dates in English - Learn English in Contexts
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As an ESL speaker, you can follow either the American or British way of telling the date. This blog will explain how to tell the date in American English, which differs from the British way and is more casual. In the American system, the month comes first, followed by the day in ordinal form, and then the year. For example, the date 1/3/2021 is pronounced as "January third, 2021" or "January the third, 2021." For full dates like this, the preposition "on" is used, as in "The meeting is scheduled on January third, 2021." Note that British and other Commonwealth countries follow a different practice, putting the day first, followed by the month. So, the same date (1/3/2021) would be pronounced as "the third of January, 2021" by those following British English. Common ways of asking about/for dates are as follows! What day is it today? What day is it tomorrow? What date is it today? What date is it tomorrow? What is the date today