- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
@WS2 In speech, very nearly always In writing, much less so I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”
- etymology - What comes after (Primary,unary),(secondary,binary . . .
4th = quaternary; 5th = quinary; 6th = senary; 7th = septenary; 8th = octonary; 9th = nonary; 10th = denary; 12th = duodenary; 20th = vigenary These come from the Latin roots The -n-ones come as well from Latin but this time are distributive adjectives, "one each, two each, etc "; they are always used in plural They were sometimes also used
- What is the correct term to describe primary, secondary, etc
Its use may refer to size, importance, chronology, etc They are different from the cardinal numbers (one, two, three, etc ) referring to the quantity Ordinal numbers are alternatively written in English with numerals and letter suffixes: 1st, 2nd or 2d, 3rd or 3d, 4th, 11th, 21st, 101st, 477th, etc
- “20th century” vs. “20ᵗʰ century” - English Language Usage . . .
To some extent, it depends on the font you are using and how accessible its special features are If you can do full typesetting, then you probably want to make the th part look different from the 20 part, just like they do here:
- What can I call 2nd and 3rd place finishes in a competition?
"Place getter" means achieving first, second or third place, though that is a relatively informal term Depending on the context, it might be better to use the verb "placed"; someth
- meaning - How should midnight on. . . be interpreted? - English . . .
By most definitions, the date changes at midnight That is, at the precise stroke of 12:00:00 That time, along with 12:00:00 noon, are technically neither AM or PM because AM and PM mean "ante-meridiem" and "post-meridiem", and noon and midnight are neither ante- nor post- meridiem
- word choice - On the last week or In the last week? - English . . .
From this article on prepositions: Prepositions of Time: at, on, and in We use at to designate specific times The train is due at 12:15 p m
- in vs. on for dates - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I've met the following phrase: Something happened on February 12-25, 2010 It means that some event started on February 12th and ended on February 25th
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