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释义 | dates3(日期) 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) 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第299页. |
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