How to Say Dates Correctly in American English 🗓️
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One is a cardinal number, and first is an ordinal number.
“One”是基数，“first”是序数。
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The cardinal numbers are one, two, three, and so on, and ordinal numbers are first, second, third, and so on.
基数是一、二、三等等，而序数是第一、第二、第三等等。
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When you write a date, you write the cardinal number, so that would be this, not this.
书写日期时，要使用基数，所以应该是这样，而不是那样。
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When you say the date, you're supposed to say the ordinal number.
口述日期时，应该使用序数。
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But I've noticed lots of people say cardinal numbers in dates, just like I did when I said January one.
但我注意到很多人在说日期时会用基数，就像我刚才说“January one”那样。
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