- the 1st or 1st - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'm wondering which is the right usage between "the 1st" and "1st" in these sentences: a) The United States ranked 1st in Bloomberg's Global Innovation Index b) The United States ranked the 1st
- abbreviations - When is it proper to abbreviate first to 1st? - English . . .
When is it proper to use 1st instead of first? For example, is the correct sentence acceptable? Can you give more detail about why you 1st got involved? I tried finding some authoritative source
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
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?
- Is it correct to say -1th or -1st? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I like to say -1 as negative one So, should I say "negative oneth index" or "negative first index"? Which one is grammatical? Is there a way to avoid this problem altogether
- abbreviations - When were st, nd, rd, and th, first used - English . . .
When were numeric contractions for ordinals first used, as in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th instead of first, second, third, sixth?
- First floor vs ground floor, usage origin - English Language Usage . . .
Ground floor – First floor: In British English, the floor of a building which is level with the ground is called the ground floor The floor above it is called the first floor, the floor above
- 1st hour, 2nd hour, 3rd hour. . . But how to say zero-th hour?
In the table it will look like this (just random picture from the web): In Czech language we call it: nultá hodina which is something like zero-ish hour and then 1st, 2nd and 3rd: první, druhá, třetí hodina How is nultá hodina (the hour that is before the first hour) called in English? And how do you write it "shortly"? As 0th ? Or
- What can I call 2nd and 3rd place finishes in a competition?
A concise way to put it would be placegetter or placed In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, "placed" would be understood to be in the top three My understanding is a place in the US means first or second Medallist medalled (UK spelling) or medalist medaled (US spelling) might work if a medal was awarded One more possibility is podium finish - the first three in a motor sport event or
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