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ESL forum > Grammar and Linguistics > Year 2010 !!    

Year 2010 !!





Paul64
United Kingdom

Hey all,
Well all are correct, but
after 2009 we start to say twenty ten.

16 Sep 2010     



Larisa.
Russian Federation

Thank you, Linda! Thumbs Up Really a very interesting view.
 
I �m teaching my students �twenty-ten � and I didn �t even suppose that another way to say the year 2010 was also commonly used.

16 Sep 2010     



MarionG
Netherlands

OOps, I just today found myself saying we usually group years two by two but that in the case of 2010 it is soooo ugly to say �twenty ten � that I prefer �two thousand and ten �
Anyway did any of you notice "the grammar police never sleep" which brings us again back to the issue if �the police � is singular or plural..............

16 Sep 2010     



dawnmain
United Kingdom

I �m English. I say two thousand and ten.
However I remember when I was in England for Christmas there were articles in the press discussing the issue as no-one seemed to know what would happen in the New Year.
But I do remember Hilary Clinton saying twenty-ten. Doesn �t really matter I think.

16 Sep 2010     



Faurfab
France

Thank you all for your answers!!!!
I couldn �t thank you before because I had to go to hospital bacause when I was eatin, my upper lip started swelling!!!! I look like Frankestein and they still don �t know what �s happening to me!!!
Thanks again!
Have a nice evening!

16 Sep 2010     



hdefined
United States

"The "20" should have been pronounced "twenty" all along, he said, pointing out that every year in the 20th century was pronounced "nineteen something.""
 
No, this isn �t correct at all, or else everyone would have said "twenty one" for 2001, which wouldn �t have made any sense. "Twenty-oh-one" would�ve been just as confusing.
 
People have been doing it right. Only now do we have the option to use the two double-digit numerals without causing confusion.

17 Sep 2010     

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