double-checking...

[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

If I want to say on July 1, 2006, I would write the following: в 1. Июля 2006 года right? (I have no grammar book here and I need to know this...)

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[tueva.livejournal.com]

1-ого июля 2006 года.
Первого июля 2006 года.

[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

Спаисбо! So, I could write "в первого/1-ого июля 2006 года..."

[salexey.livejournal.com]

Without "в".

[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

:)

[voffk.livejournal.com]

without 'в'

[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[uglybusiness.livejournal.com]

Just Первого/1-го, without в.

[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

Thanks... It's actually for a legal document, with half the page written in English, and the other page written in Russian... Which is why I'm being totally paranoid about this... I'm not even the one writing it - one of my colleagues, who doesn't know any Russian at all is modifying an older contract.

On one page it reads July 1, 2006, while the Russian page will read 1-ого июля 2006 года... I'm wondering, is there any way to just write 1. июля 2006 года ?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_strochka_/]

withot point
just 1 июля 2006 года
if it is written "1 July, 2006" withoгt "on", then 1(первое) июля 2006 года

[http://users.livejournal.com/_strochka_/]

withoUt)
pardon me)

[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!

[oryx_and_crake]

It is not 1-ого, it is 1-го, according to the rules.

[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

oh! Thanks :)

[ekeme-ndiba.livejournal.com]

And finally, if we're to obey the rules, there's no need to write this ending at all, just 1 июля.

[oryx_and_crake]

Well, you may be right (I am not 100% sure), but anyway it is way better to write "1-го" than "1-ого". You won;t believe me - I have even seen horrible monsters like "4-ыре" and "5ять".

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

He is right: all those -го, -е etc. are now normally omitted in most texts. I teach journalism at Moscow State, and we instruct the students to omit those endings completely, though they keep on using all those weird "23-его", "17-ого" and even "22-рого" :))

[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

Students in American universities do crazy things with English too... :)

[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[msk01.livejournal.com]

Maybe you'll give us the whole phrase? It can depends on context.

[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

It's at the top of a legal document that is written in both English and Russian. On the top of the English language version, we've got "July 1, 2006", and then on the Russian version, we've got "1 июля 2006 года"...

[msk01.livejournal.com]

Yes, this is correct. Sometimes they write: "1" июля 2006. (day is in quotes). But I never saw "1-го" in official documents.