When historical reporting is included, the column for this year's survey will be thinner, and the column for last year will appear behind it in grey. should be. When historical reporting is included, the column for this year's survey will be thinner, and the …

Longman says yearly means ‘happening or appearing every year or once a year’ Oxford says yearly means ‘Happening or produced once a year or every year’ Your Dengue outbreaks seem very confusing. In my country your ‘rainy season’ does happen once a year; that's why it's called 'the rainy season'.

2022年12月6日 · A year-end review is a review of something held at the end of the year. The year in review could be used as the name of this year-end review, but it can also simply be a phrase describing the period (one year) that is being reviewed. Here's an example of year in review from 1888, which is one of the earliest uses Google Books can find:

2017年9月15日 · It is of course possible to find special terms, but they are not in frequent use. What is usually done is to specify a fraction of a year or a number of days, weeks, or months. One might say "a third of a year" or "four months." Fractions using sixths or twelfths are rare. Most would say "seven months" rather than "seven twelfths of a year."

For the word 'year' to be preceded by 'an' it must sound like it's beginning with a vowel. The reason why it is a tad tricky is because of the difference in the way people pronounce it. Some people pronounce the word 'year' as 'ear' with 'y' silent, thereby wanting 'an' to precede and feeling discomfort with 'a'. e.g.

2022年12月29日 · That year we had a Christmas like no other. The further they receded in time and memory, the more fondly would I come to look upon the Christmases of my youth. We didn't have a very memorable New Year's Eve celebration the year our Christmas tree burned down our house. Mary, there's a (or some) John Smith on the phone asking about your mother.

2018年3月7日 · "By," along with a time element, generally means "up to that point," "until," "no later than"; however, in common usage when including a year or a day, it can be taken to mean up to and including that date. For example, "I need to hear from you by Thursday" means no later than Thursday, hence, some time on Thursday is okay.

There is a difference between a duration period of three months as in "trimester" and an event occurring every 3 months as in "quarterly". In the same vein you would have a quadrimester or tri-annually(which means three times a year; not every 3 months) both being correct in …

2023年2月21日 · Use of ‘the year’ is also optional here: in modern usage, ‘…in 1732’ would be more common, but ‘the year’ adds emphasis and formality; in historical usage ‘…the year 1732’ was more standard. On the other hand, if specifying the year by an event, then ‘of’ is correct:

2014年12月28日 · @tchrist "year-old" is a compound. "fifteen–year-old" is a compound created not by combining the words fifteen, year and old with each other on an equal footing (like "vis-a-vis") where one uses hyphens or where one is a prefix (like "non-English-speaking") where one generally uses hyphens but with one part is already a compound and hence some styles …