说明
the tenth of April/April the tenth
核心问题
“What date is it?”“____.”
A. The tenth of April B. The tenth April C. Of April the tenth D. April the tenth 《当代英语应试语法》(中国科技大学出版社,1994,p.177)指出这道试题只能选D(April the tenth)。根据我的阅读经验,我认为A(The tenth of April)也是正确的。
词典解答
同意你的说法。下面让我们引用几本权威性英语著作的论述。
“对日期的较为明确的书写,有好几种可以允许的形式:the 7th of October 和 the seventh of October;October 7th 或 7th October。”(RWRT)
"In British English, there are two ways of saying the date.
April the third
or: The third of April
Americans generally say the date like this: March twenty-first,
April third, July seventh." (PEU)
“月、日通常的表示形式是：
7(th) February 或 February 7(th) 读作 ‘the seventh of February’, ‘February the seventh’, 也可读作 ‘February seven’ 或 ‘February seventh’。”(CGEL)