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A list of questions to discuss birthdays in the ESL/EFL classroom. Learn about birthday traditions, memories, gifts, parties, and more in different countries and cultures.
Jun 10, 2011 · Learn the difference between on and at in expressions related to birthday, such as on my birthday, on my birthday party, or at my birthday. See examples, explanations, and discussions from native speakers and learners.
Sep 13, 2008 · A discussion thread about the correct term for the person who celebrates their birthday in English. Most participants agree that celebrant or celebrator is too formal and unnatural, and suggest alternatives such as birthday boy or girl, birthday we are celebrating, or hero of the day.
Nov 10, 2011 · Learn how to use birthday or birthdays correctly in different situations, such as twins or multiple birthdays. See examples, explanations and opinions from native speakers on this forum thread.
Jun 8, 2014 · Learn how to express "her birthday is" in French with different prepositions and contexts. See examples, explanations and tips from native speakers and other learners.
Aug 25, 2016 · A discussion forum where users ask and answer questions about the capitalization of "birthday" in "happy birthday". Learn why some people prefer to capitalize "birthday" as a title or a proper noun, and when it is not necessary.
Apr 18, 2014 · Hi I have learnt that one of the uses of 'on' as a preposition is that it can be used before the name of a day like: He came here on Monday, but I am confused about about someone's birthday.Someone says: In his birthday, and someone says: On his birthday.Which is the accepted one? Thanks
Jan 31, 2016 · M y birthday is on the 21 st of February. Click to expand... The sentences were correct in structure, but since "twenty-first" ends in "st", that's what's used with the numerals, not "th" (you could just leave the "st" out of the first sentence, though; it's optional).
Oct 1, 2010 · A discussion thread about how to answer the question "When is your birthday?" in English. Learn the differences between American and British English, the use of prepositions, and the alternatives to the question.
Jun 2, 2008 · Do you know, I said "happy belated birthday" to a cousin a month or so back and had this exact thought. Strangely enough, "happy belated birthday" receives a vastly larger number of Google results (over 2,200,000) than the more logically correct "belated happy birthday" (330,000). I'm going to buck the trend and be logically correct from now on!
