How to read correctly: May 1st. (May first \May the first he first of May????)
How to read correctly: May 1st. (May first \May the first he first of May????)
What answers are possible in formal English? And whether "May first" is correct at all?

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How to read correctly: May 1st. (May first \May the first 	he first of May????)
How to read correctly: May 1st. (May first \May the first 	he first of May????)
What answers are possible in formal English? And whether "May first" is correct at all?

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May first, or the first of may is fine even if you see it written as May 1st.

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It doesn't help that the day-month order is different between English speaking countries. ;)  Stick with the order you see.  So:

"May 1st" is "May the first", or simply "May first".

"1 May" is "the first of May" (sometimes written as "1st May", but that's a little confusing - the first May of how many Mays?? Better to write "the 1st of May").

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Ｂａｓｉｃａｌｌｙ　ｂｏｔｈ　ａｒｅ　ｃｏｒｒｅｃｔ．Ｂｕｔ　ｉｆ　ｙｏｕ　ａｒｅ　ｒｅａｄｉｎｇ　ａ　ｄａｔｅ　ｙｏｕ　ｓａｙ　”Ｍａｙ　ｆｉｒｓｔ，ｔｗｏ　ｔｈｏｕｓａｎｄ　ｔｅｎ”

”Ｆｉｒｓｔ　ｏｆ　Ｍａｙ”　ｍａｙ　ｂｅ　ｕｓｅｄ　ｌｉｋｅ　”Ｉｔ　ｗａｓ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｉｒｓｔ　ｏｆ　Ｍａｙ　ｗｈｅｎ　．．．”

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It's 'May first', man!
Today is October, nineteen, two thousand ten =)

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