In an IELTS Listening question, I am supposed to write a date. The answer sheet gives:
23rd March / Monday 23rd March
Would March 23rd be a valid answer?
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In an IELTS Listening question, I am supposed to write a date. The answer sheet gives:
23rd March / Monday 23rd March
Would March 23rd be a valid answer?
Best Answer
Writing the following dates:
and if the day of the week is mentioned in the listening snippet
are all perfectly fine.
No mark should be deducted for omitted the ordinal abbreviation (e.g. 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th etc.) or swapping the month with the date. Of course this is subject to the actual exam question asked, which unfortunately, the OP omitted in their request.
To support my answer, I found the following reference in the official Australian IELTS website
With or without a comma to separate the day of the week is basically a matter of style, not grammar. Note that the suffix -th is omitted in the example (Saturday, 13 April 2019) which supports my earlier point.