Coming up today:

• Part 1: The news in numbers

• Part 2: How to say dates, months and years correctly

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PART 1

The News in Numbers

42.1%: Turkey’s inflation rate. While this figure might seem high, it’s the lowest recorded since June 2023.

2005: The year that Youtube was founded. This Friday, Valentine’s Day, will mark its 20th anniversary.

$595 billion: Nvidia’s decrease in market cap after the launch of DeepSeek. This was the largest single-day value loss of any company in history.

10:30pm: The time TikTok shut down in the US due to its scheduled ban. The app was restored within 12 hours thanks to Trump's efforts.

€7: The average price for a pint of beer in Dublin, after the company Diageo, which owns Guinness, increased prices for the fourth time in two years. (1 pint ≈ 500ml)

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PART 2: PRONUNCIATION

Dates, Months and Years

4 key rules for reading the date aloud:

1. Use ordinal numbers

   Always use ordinals (numbers that show order) to say dates
   1 = first, 2 = second, … , 31 = thirty-first
   

2. Date order by country
   How the date is written or said differs by country…
   

   • British English: ‘the’ + day + ‘of’ + month
     15th February → the fifteenth of February
     

   • American English: month + day
     February 15th → February fifteenth
     

3. Prepositions

   Use in for months and years, e.g. I was born in 1996. I started my new job in June.

   Use on for specific dates, e.g. Our next meeting is on 20th May.
   

4. Years
   Follow these (sort of) simple rules:

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