>Hi everybody,
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>I'm working on a filter criteria form and our client used two different ways of specifying the date range.
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>In one case we have
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>"New Customer record added from " D1 thru D2
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>and in the other case we have
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>"Last quote was created between " D1 thru D2
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>I'm wondering if it's OK to have them as is or it's better to pick up some uniform and if yes, what would be the best way of expressing this?
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>Thanks a lot in advance.
FYI, here's what I have to say about this on my website (
http://www.tomorrowssolutionsllc.com/writingtips.htm):
Don't follow "between" with "to"; use "between" with "and", or "from" with "to." For example, this version is wrong:
"It takes between 5 to 8 days."
These versions are right:
"It takes between 5 and 8 days."
"It takes from 5 to 8 days."
Don't use "between" before a pair of values separated by a hyphen. The hyphen stands for the word "to."
Wrong: "It takes between 5-8 days."
Right: "It takes 5-8 days."