How to treat the names of Months? Do we need any articles?

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1 March last year was warmer than March this year.

2 Last year's March was warmer than this year's March.

3 The March of last year was warmer than the March of this year.

4 The March of last year's was warmer than the March of this year's.

4 should be 'The March of last year was warmer than the March of this year'. 2 is fine. 1 and 3 are equally acceptable. You should not have capitalised 'Month' in the first sentence of your question. — Michael Harvey, Commented Apr 24, 2022 at 9:52

DialFrost · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-24 09:55:16Z

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There is no need for articles when it comes to months. There is also no need to use articles before the names of days, months, seasons and holidays.

E.g.

I'm working today.

But no need does not mean you cannot use articles. You can use articles like in the example you gave

The March of last year was warmer than the March of this year

answered Apr 24, 2022 at 9:55

DialFrost

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