6
   

Which sentence is correct?

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar, Jtt Alert
Email this Topic • Print this Page
 
 
tanguatlay
 
Reply Fri 4 Mar, 2011 10:50 am
1. He will stay in my house from 10 March to 20 March.
2. He will stay in my house from 10 March - 20 March.

Which sentence is correct? I think sentence.

Thanks.
  • Topic Stats
  • Top Replies
  • Link to this Topic
Type: Question • Score: 6 • Views: 1,152 • Replies: 16
No top replies

 
JTT
 
  1  
Reply Fri 4 Mar, 2011 11:20 am
@tanguatlay,
Both work, Ms Tan. Both are completely understandable. Are you asking about what we use in everyday English or that for a formal academic paper, or for a newspaper?

English has lots of different registers and things are just not the same in all registers.
-Ramen Lord-
 
  2  
Reply Fri 4 Mar, 2011 12:19 pm
@tanguatlay,
I think sentence 1 is more acceptable in an official document, but the sentence is even MORE correct saying something along the lines of...
"He will stay in my house from the tenth to the twentieth of March.
contrex
 
  2  
Reply Fri 4 Mar, 2011 01:56 pm
@-Ramen Lord-,
-Ramen Lord- wrote:

"He will stay in my house from the tenth to the twentieth of March.


Yes. Spelling out dates and numbers etc in words is sometimes the best choice.
0 Replies
 
tanguatlay
 
  1  
Reply Fri 4 Mar, 2011 10:20 pm
@JTT,
JTT wrote:

Both work, Ms Tan. Both are completely understandable. Are you asking about what we use in everyday English or that for a formal academic paper, or for a newspaper?

English has lots of different registers and things are just not the same in all registers.

Thanks, JTT. I mean what an educated English speaker would write.
JTT
 
  -1  
Reply Fri 4 Mar, 2011 10:31 pm
@tanguatlay,
An educated English speaker doesn't do anything much different than an uneducated one, Ms Tan. In a study done by the linguist William Labov, the most grammatical mistakes were found in the speech of the highly educated.


1. He will stay in my house from 10 March to 20 March.
2. He will stay in my house from 10 March - 20 March.

He will stay at my house from the 10th of March until the 20th of March.
tanguatlay
 
  1  
Reply Sat 5 Mar, 2011 06:10 am
@JTT,
JTT wrote:

An educated English speaker doesn't do anything much different than an uneducated one, Ms Tan. In a study done by the linguist William Labov, the most grammatical mistakes were found in the speech of the highly educated.


1. He will stay in my house from 10 March to 20 March.
2. He will stay in my house from 10 March - 20 March.

He will stay at my house from the 10th of March until the 20th of March.

Thanks, JTT. Are you telling me that all the sentences in bold are correct?
PUNKEY
 
  1  
Reply Sat 5 Mar, 2011 08:24 am
I'd say: He is staying March 10 through March 20.

contrex
 
  1  
Reply Sat 5 Mar, 2011 08:48 am
@PUNKEY,
PUNKEY wrote:
I'd say: He is staying March 10 through March 20.


That is a pretty much exclusively US usage.
McTag
 
  1  
Reply Sat 5 Mar, 2011 03:15 pm
@contrex,

I'd say he is staying with me from 10th to 20th March.
0 Replies
 
JTT
 
  1  
Reply Sat 5 Mar, 2011 07:18 pm
@tanguatlay,
Yes, they are all fine, Ms Tan. The use of 'in' doesn't sound as natural as 'at' but all would work.
0 Replies
 
laughoutlood
 
  1  
Reply Sat 5 Mar, 2011 07:40 pm
@tanguatlay,
No, I'm sorry , you are all wrong.

The only way to write the sentence correctly is:

He'll be staying at my house from the 10th to the 20th of March.

if you are desirous you could slip in an ultimo or two

High Seas
 
  1  
Reply Sun 6 Mar, 2011 07:29 am
@laughoutlood,
laughoutlood wrote:

if you are desirous you could slip in an ultimo or two

Surely proximo was meant?
MontereyJack
 
  1  
Reply Sun 6 Mar, 2011 07:40 am
No, I'm sorry, you are all TOTALLY WRONG. He will actually be staying at my house from March 21st to March 23rd.
0 Replies
 
contrex
 
  1  
Reply Sun 6 Mar, 2011 07:43 am
@High Seas,
High Seas wrote:

laughoutlood wrote:

if you are desirous you could slip in an ultimo or two

Surely proximo was meant?


In his post of the 6th ult?
High Seas
 
  1  
Reply Sun 6 Mar, 2011 08:02 am
@contrex,
In the March 10th to 20th stay at the OP's house, but since we're in March already, "instant" should be used instead - if we're keen on stilted styles Smile
contrex
 
  1  
Reply Sun 6 Mar, 2011 08:47 am
@High Seas,
High Seas wrote:

In the March 10th to 20th stay at the OP's house, but since we're in March already, "instant" should be used instead - if we're keen on stilted styles Smile


Good point - this ult/inst/prox thing was already obsolete when I was a kid in the 1960s.

0 Replies
 
 

Related Topics

deal - Question by WBYeats
Expert help needed: pronoun form following main verb before a gerund - Question by adavis444
Let pupils abandon spelling rules, says academic - Discussion by Robert Gentel
Please, I need help. - Question by imsak
Do you understand what "Transition overground" means? - Question by Alexander7
Is this sentence grammatically correct? - Question by Sydney-Strock
"come from" - Question by mcook
Is this paragraph incomprehensible? Would you suggest an edit? - Question by tamara123454
Does this sentence make any sense in English? - Question by estherara
Could someone review my assignment? - Question by kair0s
concentrated - Question by WBYeats
 
  1. Forums
  2. » Which sentence is correct?
Copyright © 2025 MadLab, LLC :: Terms of Service :: Privacy Policy :: Page generated in 0.03 seconds on 02/07/2025 at 12:01:17
▲ ▼