(Take "1May 2, 988" as an example)

1, which reads: (the first) May 2nd, 1988.

Pronunciation: May 2nd, 988.

2. Writing: May 2, 1988

Pronunciation: May 2nd, 988.

note:

1), there is no comma between the date and the month.

2) In writing, the comma before the year can be omitted.

3) In writing, the ordinal suffix (-st, -nd, -rd or -th) indicating the date can be omitted.

4) In writing, the definite article the before ordinal number can generally be omitted (especially when it starts with ordinal number); But in reading, the definite article is not omitted.

Extended data:

Expression of time point:

1, all times can be read directly with "hours+minutes":

6: 10 6: 10

8: 30 8: 30

Two forty

2. If the specified time is less than half an hour, you can use "minutes+past+hours":

ten past six

twenty past four

10: 25

3. If the specified time exceeds half an hour, you can use "(poor) minutes+to+(next) hour":

twenty five past eleven

Ten minutes to six.

Nine forty-nine, quarter to ten.

4. If the specified time is exactly half an hour, you can use "half+past+hour":

165438+ 1 1 1: 30.

Half past two, half past two

5. If the minute is related to 15, there are three expressions:

(15 minutes is also called a quarter)

9: 15 9: 15; At 9: 15; a quarter past nine

Three forty-five three forty-five; Fifteen to four; fifteen to four/a quarter to four

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