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wolfpack37

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Post by wolfpack37 » Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:07 pm

Does:

"X happened three days after my 50th birthday, September 5, 2012"

read as my birthday being on September 2 or September 5?
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BlueJeanBaby

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Re: English question

Post by BlueJeanBaby » Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:09 pm

It reads as though the birthday is Sept. 5th
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Re: English question

Post by wolfpack37 » Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:10 pm

Thanks!
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Re: English question

Post by Nova » Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:13 pm

To reverse it,

"X happened on September 5, 2012, three days after my 50th birthday."
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