also sprach Jon Evans <saeng2oo@googlemail.com> [2008.05.13.2018 +0100]: > We were always taught that the correct way to give the date is: > Tuesday the 13th of May 2008 I was most certainly always taught not to spell it out. But I don't insist. Yet, I like the MHRA style guide, and if it's just by reason of it being published already. It says: > Dates should be given in the form ‘23 April 1564’. The name of the > month should always appear in full between the day (‘23’ not > ‘23rd’) and the year. [...] > Why not have a quick show of hands and then update the guidelines? > I'm fond of 'st,' 'th,' and 'rd' myself but if they've got to go > they've got go. So my vote is clear: drop them; they contain absolutely no extra information. -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ Escape Meta Alt Control Shift spamtraps: madduck.bogus@madduck.net
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