Teo  +  204756 Fri, 10 Mar 06 01:16 AM 1. What month is this? 2. What month is it? 3. What season is this? 4. What season is it? 5. What year is this? 6. What year is it? I think the above sentences are all acceptable, aren't they? Which sentences are more common in American English? Teo Joined on Tue, Sep 28 2004 Taiwan Contributing Member 1,631 Thank you very much for your reply. American English

	Grammar Geek  +  204763 Fri, 10 Mar 06 01:22 AM The second of each pair - "it" Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,660 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Swiss Jake  +  204771 Fri, 10 Mar 06 01:37 AM Teo, It depens on the situation. If it actually is July, and you ask what month we have, it would be more common to ask "What month is it?". Best wishes, Jake Swiss Jake Joined on Fri, Dec 30 2005 Full Member 196 Please, correct my mistakes in my posts. Thank you! "The only real mistake is the one from which you learn nothing." -- John Powell American English

	Believer  +  204838 Fri, 10 Mar 06 05:39 AM I don't understand. The situation is that the month is July (we are in July.) and let the set the scenario, say that, on July 20, 200_, you are asking which month I am in,  you should ask "What month is this?", not the way like you have on (in????) your post.  Caveat: I must admit to the public out there in this forum that personally, I almost never saw anyone using "What month is this?" Almost always, the question is phrased as," What month is it?" or "Which month are we in?" Should it be in or on? Believer Joined on Mon, Jan 2 2006 Contributing Member 1,969 American English

	Grammar Geek  +  205043 Fri, 10 Mar 06 08:25 PM You're correct - we'd say "what month is this." I've also heard "what month are we in," but that's less common. You could make a BIG stretch and envision a conversation in which one person is telling you about all the things that he did last year.  And he's going in chronological order, with a bunch of "and then...  and then..."  So now he's talking about his trip to Disneyworld, and you say "And what month is this?" which in that context would mean "and what month did this trip take place."  But this is NOT a common way to phrase the question. Go with "it." Grammar Geek American English, Conversations