They are both grammatically correct, but "he was born in 1997" is a more common useage

Never argue with others on the internet.

Many arguments can be seen on the internet. Perhaps at that time, somebody became so furious that he/she couldn't calm down. But once back to normal, he/she definitely would feel that it is not advisable to argue with others that he/she never knew before. We'd better save our energy to communicate with people who can help each other, instead of an endless argument with strangers. Maintaining an amicable net environment is a common target valued in all net communites As a consequence, this is a process which continues to need the efforts of all.

In this context, the term "consultation exercise " means that the City Council has deliberately sought the opinions of the general public regarding "initiatives".

Checks and balances are practices undertaken by governments and other organisations. "Checks and balances" can also be referred to, informally, as a practice, (in Australian English) so the meaning of the word practice is correct. Unfortunately the sentence is not gramatically correct as the verb forms do not agree. The sentence could be " What are the benefits and deficiencies of these practices" or "What are the benefits and deficiencies of this practice" or "What is the benefit and the deficiency of this practice" (assuming there is a sole benefit and a sole deficiency).

I think that the phrase should be "the time that concern over her abusive relationship..." The statement then becomes a description of the particular event, which is a period of time when Hughes' second wife decided to reverse a decision she had made regarding Hughes' journals, due to Mrs. Hughes' concerns about the abusive nature of Ted Hughes' relationship with Sylvia Plath during the period that Hughes was married to Sylvia Plath, which presumably she felt would reflect badly on Ted Hughes.