the tenth of April/April the tenth

【问】 “What date is it? ”“____. ”

A. The tenth of April B. The tenth April

C. Of April the tenth D. April the tenth

《当代英语应试语法》(中国科技大学出版社，1994，P.177)指出这道试题只能选D

(April the tenth)。根据我的阅读经验，我认为A(The tenth of April)也是正确的。

【答】 同意你的说法。下面让我们引用几本权威性英语著作的论述。

“对日期的较为明确的书写，有好几种可以允许的形式：the 7th of October和the seventhof October; October 7th 或 7th October。”(RWRT)

“In British English，there are two ways of saying the date.

April the third

or： The third of April

Americans generally say the date like this：March twenty-first，

April third，July seventh.”(PEU)

“月、日通常的表示形式是：

7 (th)February或February 7(th)读作“the seventh of February”，“February the seventh”，也可读作“February seven”或“February seventh”。(CGEL)