[Ads-l] 192 = 1902

[Margaret Winters]

This use of 'and' in exactly this environment seems to be a (faux-)formal touch on engraved invitations to weddings, bar/bas-mitzvahs...


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MARGARET E WINTERS
Former Provost
Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI  48202

mewinters at wayne.edu



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The newly arrived official announcement of our granddaughter's high-school
graduation writes the year as "Two thousand and seventeen."

JL

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 1:19 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > “19 2”
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> My grandparents and others of that ilk used such forms. IIRC - and I may
> not.
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