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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?
- grammar - When referring to dates, which form is correct? on the 5th . . .
"on the 5th of November" is practically just removing the word day from the reference As in "on the 5th (day) of November " It is used everywhere and even though it could be understood a few different ways it is the most correct "on the 5th November" seems to me to more be dependent on the month and if not year As in "it's my baby's 5th November" as in, the child is experiencing November
- “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
- Whats the equivalent phrase in the UK for I plead the fifth?
In the United States, a person under examination on the witness stand may "plead the fifth" to avoid self-incrimination In other words, a person asserts his or her Fifth Amendment right Citizens
- pronunciation - How to write out dates correctly - English Language . . .
"5th May" would be the most traditional way to write this date I have never seen "of" used in a written date, except in extremely archaic constructions such as legal contracts "signed and witnessed this 5th day of May 2012" (Parenthetically, I note that in English law this makes absolutely no difference to validity
- 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
- in vs. on for dates - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Dates are reported in English as being in large units like century, decade, era, epoch, period, etc, and also parts of a day -- morning, afternoon, evening; on individual days; and at individual times, plus at night The event occurred in the twentieth century, specifically at 03:43 Greenwich, in the early morning on August tenth, in 1952
- Etymology of *snap, crackle, pop* for higher derivatives of position . . .
The best part is this footnote: The analogous expressions involving 5th and 6th derivatives are known as crackle and pop This terminology goes back to a 1932 advertisement of Kellogg’s Rice Crispies which `merrily snap, crackle and pop in a bowl of milk ’ I suppose there is also some interesting science in there
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