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Bookmark or Share- Is there a proper term to describe ⅓ of a year (4 months)?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 the right context.
- What months are considered late winter? - AnswersLate winter typically includes the months of February and March. It varies by region, but generally marks the transition from winter to spring. It starts with the winter solstice around Dec. 21 in ...
- grammatical number - When to, and when not to pluralise month ...'is 7 months old' is a predicate that states something about the subject. (e.g. old in the dog is old.) In this case, adding -s to the end of year is the proper and regular way. For example: The boy is 7 years old.
- time - What's the Best English word for 6 months in this group: daily ...Thanks jwpat7, the fact is I'd vote up your answer. One word appearing in two different questions don't make it duplicates. While one question could be about what does bi- stand for, my question is what better one word is there for 6 months like daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly. My guess it there might be one that I don't know of.
- How come that "bimonthly" means "twice a month" and "every two months ...Closed 8 months ago. What's the story behind this word, and how did it end so ambiguous, while other languages differ? There's already "Bimestral"why does every dictionary still uses "once every two months" as an additional meaning to "Bimonthly" if there's already another word?
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