"first part of the month" is correct and can be used in written English. It usually refers to the first half of the month, usually from the 1st day to the 15th day. For example: "I'm planning to go on vacation in the first part of the month.".
Even Lincoln didn't recollect the exact date of the first reading, telling the painter it "was the last of July, or the first part of the month of August".
Hurricane Sandy also hurt sales in the first part of the month, it said.
The site's problems were magnified for many bank customers because they typically pay their bills in the first part of the month.
Despite the slowdown in the first part of the month, each of the three major domestic automakers reported double-digit sales gains on Friday.
The state's biggest unions have backed Mr. Davis on the recall, urging a no vote on the first part of the Oct. 7 ballot, which asks whether Mr. Davis should be recalled.
"It will be the same minority after Election Day".Pelosi began traveling nearly full time during the first part of the August recess and said she is now "trying to use my time as effectively as possible to cover as many districts as possible".Since mid-August, Pelosi has traveled to 11 states including Washington, Colorado, Arizona, Iowa and New Mexico.
In fact, investors are overlooking the first part of the January axiom: As the first five days of January go, so goes January.
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