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When you begin a debt free year or when you begin a year debt free.....which one is correct? :(

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AussieInBg profile picture AussieInBgJanuary 2023

Both are potentially correct - but each has a different meaning.

”begin a debt free year” = the start of a year when you have no debt and you maintain this during that whole year.

”begin a year debt free” = at the start of the year you have no debt. However, it says nothing about whether you have debt during the year or not.

 

Note that most people would write "debt free" as "debt-free" since it is normally used as a compound adjective because of the single concept of "being free of debt".

 

  • AussieInBg profile picture AussieInBgJanuary 2023
    If that is the case, you are debt-free until the Christmas bill arrives sometime in January or February.

    So, the second one might be what you need here! You start the year without debt - ”begin a year debt free” - then the Christmas bill arrives and then you have a debt (hopefully not a bit one!).
  • Luk12 profile picture Luk12January 2023
    AussieInBgAussieInBg profile picture Ohhh I see, so for example for the first case .....when you begin a debt free year until the Christmas bill arrives....will be correct?