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- 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?
- etymology - What comes after (Primary,unary), (secondary,binary . . .
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 = 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
- “20th century” vs. “20ᵗʰ century” - English Language Usage . . .
When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral, should the th part be in superscript? 20th century 20th century
- 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
- phrases - What is the correct usage: In the morning of . . . vs. On the . . .
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
- meaning - How should midnight on. . . be interpreted? - English . . .
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 at the start of t
- prepositions - Scheduled on vs scheduled for - English Language . . .
What is the difference between the following two expressions: My interview is scheduled on the 27th of June at 8:00 AM My interview is scheduled for the 27th of June at 8:00 AM
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