Page 132 - How to write effective business English your guide to excellent professional communication by Fiona Talbot
P. 132
121
10
Practical
conventions
and common
confusions
his chapter acts as a guideline for conventions and common
Tconfusions to watch out for. Check what’s relevant for you.
Then join forces with colleagues to look out for these – and con-
sider keeping a list of other things that you know regularly confuse.
Writing a date
Differing conventions
There are a number of correct ways of writing dates in English. The
UK English format (which most of Europe uses) is:
DD/MM/YY, where D = day, M = month, Y = year.
This contrasts with the US format, which is:
MM/DD/YY.
