Saying full dates

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hi i'm vanessa from speak english with

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vanessa calm let's talk about dates I'm

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not talking about going on a date I'm

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talking about the day the month in the

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year today we're gonna be talking about

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how to talk about these dates in

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American English I recommend writing

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down any of these expressions or

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sentences that are new for you so that

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you can go back and review them and use

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them in your own daily conversations

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let's get started what day is today

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today is February 8th 2019 notice that I

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used an ordinal number 8 these ordinal

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numbers are 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

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8th 9th 10th 30th 29th 15th these

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ordinal numbers are necessary for

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talking about today's date it is

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February 8th 2019 this is the most

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general way to describe the day it's

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February 8th 2019 but what if you want

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to take it up a level you might say what

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day is today

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it's February the 8th

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oh we're adding the word V or the word

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LA before that ordinal number February

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the 8th