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Invitation questions

vgmartinezvgmartinez
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I'm finalizing the wording for our invites and have a few questions...

When writing the year, do you write two thousand ten or two thousand and ten?

Also, when writing a numbered street name do you write 105 W. 4th Street or 105 West Fourth Street?

Also, we are putting our reception info on the invite, do you put the address of the reception venue or just the name and city/state? I plan on including a map to the church and the reception site since its about a 20 min. drive and several people will come from out of town.

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  • pooh8402pooh8402
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    two thousand ten

    This is the grammatically and mathematically correct way. The invitation companies have it wrong. "two thousand and ten" actually translates to 2000.10, because "and" in math means a decimal point.

    105 West Fourth Street

    I put the name and city/state, and am including a map with turn by turn directions.
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  • vgmartinezvgmartinez
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    Thanks! I thought it was two thousand ten. They do have it wrong, the original draf we had from them said and.
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  • pooh8402pooh8402
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    yep. when I ordered my invites, I specifically typed in "two thousand ten" during the formatting. the proof they sent me added the "and." I said hell no, and sent it right back with the correction and an explanation of why I want the correction. they sent me correct invites. :)
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  • ootmother2ootmother2 member
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    Two thousand and ten is correct etiquette wise but pains all math & grammar experts.  I think Crane's & E. Post say "and" but I think do what you want.
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  • vgmartinezvgmartinez
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    Any suggestion for choosing fonts or did you have to go into the shop to look through their catalogs? I don't know if they use universal fonts but I want to save a trip if it at all possible. We also have the option to use a watermark but I'm not sure how that would turn out...
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  • pooh8402pooh8402
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    I never knew that correct etiquette included purposefully ignoring proper use of grammar.
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  • ootmother2ootmother2 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_invitation-questions-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:a5bf36bc-d36c-4654-b7b8-bd2eac4b2de6Post:f2bfab6a-fadc-4c2a-a7ee-33ed52c2b149">Re: Invitation questions</a>:
    [QUOTE]I never knew that correct etiquette included purposefully ignoring proper use of grammar.
    Posted by pooh8402[/QUOTE]


    Perhaps I should suggest E.Post & Crane's go back to school?  ;P

    I understand your point but that's the way it is.
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  • pooh8402pooh8402
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    I never thought that E. Post was the be-all end-all of etiquette. I actually do think they need to go back to school. Yes, sometimes E. Post can be wrong. *gasp!*
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  • ootmother2ootmother2 member
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    I know but Crane's is a much more modern guide. If you send your format to them , they will return it with the correction "and".

    I wouldn't lose sleep over it though
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  • TurtlesAllTheWayDownTurtlesAllTheWayDown member
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    I am putting the full address for both ceremony and reception. However, you shouldn't include the ZIP code.

    If you can't include all of it, you could put directions on the back of the program, but that seems a little more complicated than it needs to be. Or if most of your guest list is local and the reception is at a well known spot, you might not need to include it. (Example, if most of my guests were from LA and I said, "Walt Disney Concert Hall" or "Beverly Hills Hotel" I probably wouldn't need the street address.)
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