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in december 21st vs on december 21st

The correct phrase is 'on December 21st.' The preposition 'on' is used to indicate a specific date. 'In December 21st' is incorrect because 'in' is not the appropriate preposition to use with a specific date.

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in december 21st

'In December 21st' is incorrect. The preposition 'in' is not used with specific dates.

Incorrect usage. Use 'on December 21st' instead to indicate a specific date.
  • December 21st, 2005, was the day of my appeal.
  • We stayed there until December 21st.
  • Basketball, invented by Dr James Naismith, was first played on December 21st, 1891.
  • It looks like the world didn't end on December 21st after all.
  • like on December 21st, when Sandy Adams was supposed to work on Christmas and you let her off in exchange for a foot rub.
  • The reenactment will be held on the day of the battle, December the 21st.
  • So... it's the 21st December and we're in London.
  • 21st December, 1949, is the 70th birthday of the great Stalin.
  • Mr. Barroso also referred to the lifting of Schengen border checks for new Member States as of the 21st of December.
  • Now the victims, and we've seen many, are said to have adhered to the Mayan-Quiche calender, which predicts the end of time to occur on the 21st December of this year, due to the suns destructive forces.
  • If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June - a tiny fraction of the year.
  • Divide 100 by ten, the percentage of Americans that believe the world will end on the 21st of December, and you get ten...
  • For the purposes of Art 4(4)(a) of the First Council Directive 89/104 of 21st December 1988, where:
  • It is the 21st of December, the world has not ended, and we are all still here,
  • If we want to ensure that corporate social responsibility continues into the 21st century there needs to be dialogue with the whole community, and for this reason in December we held a multi-stakeholder forum on corporate social responsibility.
  • The European Council endorsed the Commission proposal in December 2006.
  • The project ended in December 2006.
  • The third payment was released in December.
  • Turkey obtained candidate status following the Helsinki European Council in December 1999.
  • These guidelines were last reviewed in December 2009.

on december 21st

'On December 21st' is the correct phrase. The preposition 'on' is used to indicate a specific date.

Correct usage. Use 'on December 21st' to specify a particular date.
  • It looks like the world didn't end on December 21st after all.
  • like on December 21st, when Sandy Adams was supposed to work on Christmas and you let her off in exchange for a foot rub.
  • Basketball, invented by Dr James Naismith, was first played on December 21st, 1891.
  • Now the victims, and we've seen many, are said to have adhered to the Mayan-Quiche calender, which predicts the end of time to occur on the 21st December of this year, due to the suns destructive forces.
  • Divide 100 by ten, the percentage of Americans that believe the world will end on the 21st of December, and you get ten...
  • December 21st, 2005, was the day of my appeal.
  • We stayed there until December 21st.
  • The reenactment will be held on the day of the battle, December the 21st.
  • So... it's the 21st December and we're in London.
  • 21st December, 1949, is the 70th birthday of the great Stalin.
  • Mr. Barroso also referred to the lifting of Schengen border checks for new Member States as of the 21st of December.
  • If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June - a tiny fraction of the year.
  • For the purposes of Art 4(4)(a) of the First Council Directive 89/104 of 21st December 1988, where:
  • It is the 21st of December, the world has not ended, and we are all still here,
  • But then everything changed on December 7th.
  • It closed on December 20, 1965.
  • The first flower bloomed on December 28th.
  • On December 14, twelve FBI agents entered Japan.
  • He died in Aachen on December 21, 1998.
  • On December 4, 1926, he married Maybelle.

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