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   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:05:27 +0800, Robert Bannister   
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   rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.books:   
      
   > On 24/08/13 9:25 AM, Brian M. Scott wrote:   
      
   [...]   
      
   >> Don’t forget ‘fifth August’!   
      
   > the fifth of August, please. We don't all leave out all   
   > the important words as in American "couple people" or   
   > "because bacon".   
      
   Irrelevant: ‘fifth August’ is an instance of a very common   
   form (and one that is not common in the U.S.).  And do note   
   that U.S. usage can also use *more* words: ‘in back of’ for   
   ‘behind’, for example.   
      
   Brian   
      
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