- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
The addition of -th -eth relates to numbers 4 to 20 (and similarly,) and is a suffix to the cardinal number However, as in the second and third examples, the rd st simply come from the right-end of the word for the ordinal number:
- “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
- Is there a rule for pronouncing “th” at the beginning of a word?
Consider the th in thistle versus the th in this: the former is unvoiced, while the latter is voiced Is there a rule or reason for the differences?
- Is there any rule for differentiating between the endings th and ht?
The secondary issue is that of spelling, as you find th and ht confusing This is a matter of mis-parsing some common English digraphs When attempting to read those words, you shouldn't take h and t together, but rather g and h together, as the digraph gh is pretty common in English, and is usually silent when it's not at the beginning of a word
- How to pronounce TH quickly? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This is made more complex by 2nd language learners and dialects without 'th-' The more populous Latin America say 's' where European Spanish speakers say 'th' And Arabic is a bit of mish mash between a high register Modern Standard Arabic with 'th' but most Arabic speakers speak day-to-day dialects without 'th-'
- abbreviations - When were st, nd, rd, and th, first used - English . . .
When were numeric contractions for ordinals first used, as in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th instead of first, second, third, sixth?
- What is the word for pronouncing ‘th’ as ‘v’ as part of your English . . .
The linguistic feature is known as th-fronting, where a dental fricative (both th-sounds) becomes a labiodental fricative (f,v) while the voicing remains the same First noted in the late 18th c , it is now a common feature of several dialects of English: Cockney, Essex dialect, Estuary English, some West Country and Yorkshire dialects, Newfoundland English, and African American Vernacular
- What is the difference between thee and thou?
Thee, thou, and thine (or thy) are Early Modern English second person singular pronouns Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form, and thy thine is the possessive form Before they all merged into the catch-all form you, English second person pronouns distinguished between nominative and objective, as well as between singular and plural (or formal): thou - singular
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