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Hello.
Are the expressions 9th inst. and 20th prox. archaic? Are the specific to some variant of English such as american English or Brtish English?
Thanks,
Manoj
Bangalore India
12°58' N, 77°39' E
http://www.geocities.com/kummini/
Bangalore India
12°58' N, 77°39' E
http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html
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Pooh-Bah
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They certainly were used a lot in British business letters in the past.
We were told at school in the sixties not to use them, I suppose they have been relegated to "officialese" these days. I'm not sure if they were common in the USA or Australia.
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Carpal Tunnel
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I'd venture that they are not "common" in the US; I've never seen these usages and could only guess at what they signify. http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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Pooh-Bah
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Intt would have been used, most commonly, as the first sentence of a letter.
Eg. Thank you for your letter of the 14th inst. (meaning last month).
Prox. usually refers to next month.
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Carpal Tunnel
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so prox. abbreviates proximo and inst. is instant... although MWC gives this sense of instant as "of the current month". http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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Pooh-Bah
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Yep, you're right again - it does mean the current month, I always did get that one wrong!
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member
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Yes, Jo, they were certainly in use down under, and let's not forget "ult" (ultimo) for the last month.
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Pooh-Bah
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Thanks for ult. - I was thinking of Latin abbreviations and couldn't remember that one. I think we've got them all now. QED.
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journeyman
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As a PS I can take Latin abbreviations PRN, although I take this site at least OD, often BD, sometime TDS and occasionally QID.
Philip
Signed pp Jan the Dog, general dogsbody &c.
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Pooh-Bah
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>I take this site at least OD, often BD, sometime TDS and occasionally QID
And would you prescribe the same for others?
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journeyman
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I'd Rx AWAD stat and then prn.
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