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>"As the nation marks the one-month anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon ," An "anniversary" of thirty days is absurd, but how should it have been written?
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I have spent two days fuming about this myself, and was going to start a thread on it today because it irks me so. People know what they mean when they say "one-month anniversary", but it is till wrong wrong wrong. With emphasis on wrong.
Alternatives for the language purists:
"As the nation marks the passing of one month since the attacks . . .."
"It has now been a full month since the attacks . . .."
"The world pauses today to reflect on the month that has gone by since the attacks . . .."
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It is now the one-hour anniversary since my last sip of coffee. BRB
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