|
- 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?
- which one is correct I will be on leave starting on October 4th till . . .
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 day back at work, so I wouldn't use option 3 without adding " (inclusive)" Also phrasing it as a range from one date to another sounds odd to me when you're talking about only two days in total Option 2
- abbreviations - When were st, nd, rd, and th, first used - English . . .
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 the Roman empire, and probably was continuously used since then in the Romance languages I don't know when it was adopted in English
- What would be the British Equivalent Words to Freshmen Sophomore
Freshmen - 1st year college university student Sophomore - 2nd year Junior - 3rd year Senior - 4th year However, since the British universities usually have three years in total, are there any equivalent words to these American expressions? Or Does British people just say "I'm a third-year" instead of "I'm a junior"?
- Usage of second third fourth . . . last
The 4th is next to last or last but one (penultimate) The 3rd is second from (or to) last or last but two (antepenultimate) The 2nd, is third from (or to) last or last but three According to Google Ngram Viewer there are some occurrences of preantepenultimate in the corpus As for dialect, you will rarely see the Latin forms other than ultimate except in discussion of the language Latin or
- How to refer to a specific floor of a building
Are there any differences between "floor" and "Floor" when talking about areas of a building? For example, "The children book section is on the 4th floor" or "The children book section is on the 4th
- What can I call 2nd and 3rd place finishes in a competition?
There are many awards I received from the sport I did I thought to compress everything and write as 'Inter university and All island winner' but I have placed only 2nd and 3rd places What is the
- Three quarters vs. three fourths - English Language Usage Stack . . .
To express a fraction of 3 out of 4, how and when would you use three quarters, and when would you use three fourths? To me, three quarters is what I would have used all the time — but I'm not a n
|
|
|