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Today is the first (year) anniversary of our marriage.

 
 
Reply Tue 3 May, 2016 10:01 pm
Today is the first (year) anniversary of our marriage.

Is 'year' optional? Thanks.
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TomTomBinks
 
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Reply Tue 3 May, 2016 10:25 pm
@tanguatlay,
You can leave out "year".
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Banana Breath
 
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Reply Tue 3 May, 2016 10:36 pm
@tanguatlay,
the word anniversary comes from the Latin roots
annus = year
and
versus = turning
the year turns, that is an anniversary, therefore it would be redundant to add the word year, since it's already a part of the word anniversary.
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tanguatlay
 
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Reply Tue 3 May, 2016 11:18 pm
Thanks, Tom and Banana Breath.
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