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- How many months only have 28 days? - Answers
All 12 months have at least 28 days February is the only month that has exactly 28 days in common years, and 29 days in leap years So, technically, no months have "only" 28 days, but February is
- When does the word months get an apostrophe? [duplicate]
"Three months in jail" or "Three months pregnant" or "He used three months wisely", there is no apostrophe Thus, months in "three months of hard work" will have no apostrophe, as "of hard work" is an adjunct adjectival phrase But "three months' hard work" will have an apostrophe, as "hard work" is a noun phrase
- What are the months in alphabetical order? - Answers
The months have never changed order, but Julius Caesar did add in two new months He added in the months of July and August so that he and his business partner could have months named after them
- What two months were added to the calendar and why?
For many years, up to the time of Julius Caesar the year had ten months - the remains of thattoday are our last four months, which are the 9th, 10th 11th and 12th months, but are named in Latin
- word choice - In the last 3 months vs in the past 3 months . . .
“in the last 3 months” - I guess this term should be used with past simple The time period is already gone E g now is february and if I say "in the last 3 months", I mean "in november, december and january" The term “in the past 3 months" shows the period which is not finished yet So there should be used the present perfect
- Quarterly is 3 months what are 4 months a year called?
Quarterly is how many months? If you break a year into quarters you must divide 12 by 4 This gives you 3 There are three months to a quarter
- Is there a proper term to describe ⅓ of a year (4 months)?
There is a difference between a duration period of three months as in "trimester" and an event occurring every 3 months as in "quarterly" In the same vein you would have a quadrimester or tri-annually(which means three times a year; not every 3 months) both being correct in the right context
- grammatical number - When to, and when not to pluralise month . . .
'is 7 months old' is a predicate that states something about the subject (e g old in the dog is old ) In this case, adding -s to the end of year is the proper and regular way For example: The boy is 7 years old
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