Aug 23, 2014 · Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds. For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?

In English, Wikipedia says these started out as superscripts: 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th, but during the 20 th century they migrated to the baseline: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. So the practice started during …

Jan 11, 2018 · Here is something I was able to discover on the internet the prime time I confronted the same predicament as you. 1st = primary 2nd = secondary 3rd = tertiary 4th = …

Nov 28, 2012 · What is the correct term to describe the words in the following sequence: primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary ...

When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral, should the th part be in superscript? 20th century 20th century

Oct 1, 2019 · In my opinion "starting on" and "till" don't really go together so I wouldn't use option 1. The phrasing "on leave from X till Y" can be misinterpreted to mean that Y will be your first …

Dec 9, 2010 · From what I understand, the word "midnight" is usually interpreted incorrectly. Midnight is written as "12am" which would imply that it's in the morning. Therefore, it should be …

Jun 4, 2015 · I am writing about a competition I won in which I got third place. I want to say that I am the first out of my school to get an award in this competition, with a third place award but …

Oct 30, 2020 · I was discussing this at work with a colleague today, which form (or both) is grammatically correct when referring to dates? "on the 5th of November" vs …

Apr 21, 2016 · In the morning of 19 April 2016, Taliban militants attacked a security team. Or On the morning of 19 April 2016, Taliban militants attacked a security team .