MSN: Boys in Chinese New Year dragon costumes enjoy riding cable cars
I am writing about some leadership stuff, and I am trying to say that I am leading the 14-15 year old boys. How do I correctly use year-olds as in, "I was the adviser to the 14-15 year-olds." Than...
This is the amusing moment a group of boys in traditional Chinese lion dance costumes were seen enjoying a ride on cable cars. Passerby Septyani Luisa spotted four youngsters dressed in pairs as Pixiu ...
'A year' can be any year without any specification. But 'the year' means a particular/specified year or the one which is already mentioned and thereby known. E.g: In a year there are twelve months. (means any year or all years) I was born in the year 2000. (in that particular year) Grammatically 'a/an' is known as indefinite article and 'the' is definite article. The indefinite article (a/an ...
The comparison with "the second year and the last year" supports plural rather than singular. In that "full" version, each occurrence of the word year clearly relates to a single year.
Unless you're talking about Chinese (or Persian) New Year, the name of the celebration isn't New Year but New Year's Eve, and it happens on the last day of the old year.
The New Year or New Year - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
I'd say 'across the year' hints strongly at sporadic events etc, whereas 'throughout the year' speaks more of consistent results. But this is opinion, and I doubt I'll easily find supporting evidence I can use to justify an 'answer'. You can check individual examples to see if my suggested rule-of-thumb seems to apply. As (I think) Lambie says, 'across my lifetime / several years' are probably ...