'Year' or 'Years'? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
The second and final year gives the impression that you mean one specific year, which was at the same time your second, as well as your final year. For example: In the fifth and last year of the …
grammar - Should we use year-end or end-year? - English …
I wonder that should we use mid-year and year-end or to use mid-year and end-year. What 's diffirent?
What's the difference between 'a year' and 'the year'?
Jan 26, 2017 · 'A year' can be any year without any specification. But 'the year' means a particular/specified year or the one which is already mentioned and thereby known. E.g: In a …
Which is correct — "a year" or "an year"? [duplicate]
The word year when pronounced starts with a phonetic sound of e which is a vowel sound making it eligible for being preceded by an. Yet, we tend to write a year. Why?
How do you show possession with the word "year" ("year's" …
Is this the correct spelling of year's in this context? I'm not a native English speaker/writer, but I do consider myself fluent, and this spelling tickled something in the back of my brain. If it matters, …
If annual means one year, is there any word for two,three, four.. year
Jul 29, 2011 · From WordWeb: Annual: Occurring or payable every year What is the corresponding single word for occurring every two year, three year, four year etc. I understand …
word choice - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Sep 27, 2013 · The remainder of the day sounds either more formal or serious - or just more pretentious. Care should be taken to keep to Orwell's second rule unless one has a good …
What would be the British Equivalent Words to "Freshmen" …
Apr 7, 2013 · Freshmen - 1st year college/university student Sophomore - 2nd year Junior - 3rd year Senior - 4th year However, since the British universities usually have three years in total, …
British pronunciation of the word "year" - English Language
It's clear that this word is usually pronounced /jɪə/, but it seems to me that in some British accents (probably one of them is RP) it's pronounced /jeə/ so that it becomes a homophone of ‘yeah’.
In the next year vs. For the next year vs. Over the next year
Aug 30, 2019 · In the next year = at some time in the next 12 months. "I plan to start learning French in the next year." For the next year = for the whole of the year. "Mr Smith was elected …