- 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 . . .
The correct answer is "on the 5th of November," because saying "on the 5th November" It makes it sound like you are talking about the 5th November, as in 5 years later You need the proposition [of] to make the sentence work
- Whats the equivalent phrase in the UK for I plead the fifth?
There is no such equivalent phrase that I know of for any English-speaking country However thanks to the prevalence of US media, the phrase "plead the fifth" or "take the fifth" is widely recognized outside the US, and is frequently used in general conversation In most jurisdictions that derive from the British system, a defendant may decline to testify in court However once they have agreed
- “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
- 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 fourth, fifth, and sixth derivatives of position are known as snap (or, perhaps more commonly, jounce), crackle, and pop The latter two of these are probably infrequently used even in a serious
- 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
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