Five year anniversary?

John Milton (lcjohn@uxmail.ust.hk)
Mon, 8 Jul 1996 08:41:43 +0800 (HKT)

I've just recieved the following bizarre, but not unusual, request from a
superior here. I cannot access either the BNC or Cobuild bank. Can anyone
help? Maybe a concordance of "* year anniversar*" would give him
reference at least.

> ... there is some controversy within the University concerning the
> wording incorporated in the new logo: 'Five Year Anniversary'. People
> are arguing that the phraseology is "wrong" and that 'Fifth Anniversary'
> would be "better". I have been asked to adjudicate. I copy below one of
> the e-mails I have received on the subject.
>
> "If the English is wrong, I think it should be corrected, particularly
> for a logo to be copied a thousand time for circulation. You know these
> days the community has already been complaining on the poor English of
> students. It would be embarassing to let them laugh that not only
> students' English are bad, those of the teachers are not good either.
> Please confirm that whether this is wrong! Thanks."
>

Thanks for any help.

John

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John Milton
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
email: lcjohn@uxmail.ust.hk