| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| An anniversary is the same date exactly one or more years later. The usage problem has arisen because anniversary is sometimes used Informally to mark other occasions, as in our first week’s “anniversary” or our three-month “anniversary.” There is no harm in this extended sense, as long as it stays in the Conversational levels and Informal writing. Note that even in this written use, the word is placed within quotation marks to indicate its special status. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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