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Differences in the use of numbers in French and English: Dates
ordinal numbers / cardinal numbers[edit | edit source]
While English uses ordinal numbers in dates French uses cardinal numbers, with the exception of 'first', which is premier.
- le premier janvier
the first of January
- le deux février
the second of February
- le trois mars
the third of March
letter headings[edit | edit source]
In letter headings the normal way of writing dates is:
- le 1er Janvier 2001
- le 2 février 2001
- le 3 mars 2001
or where the day is included:
- le lundi 1er janvier 2001 or lundi, le 1er janvier 2001
- le vendredi 2 février 2001 or vendredi, le 2 février 2001
case of initial letter[edit | edit source]
Months and days are written with a lower case initial letter in French, but with a capital letter in English.
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- Adjectives modified by adverbs and prepositional phrases
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- Easy way of generating the imperfect tense
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