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Understanding as of, as at, and as from Joel is mistaken when he says that as of means "up to and including a point of time," although it is often used to mean so As of designates the point in time from which something occurs So as of some point would mean from the date specified onward However, his answering of the best way to say each phrase is spot on One may use either until or up to to mean the time before which something
etymology - What comes after (Primary,unary), (secondary,binary . . . 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 adjectives, "one each, two each, etc "; they are always used in
the 1st or 1st - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I'm wondering which is the right usage between "the 1st" and "1st" in these sentences: a) The United States ranked 1st in Bloomberg's Global Innovation Index b) The United States ranked the 1st
At Night or In the Night? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The bottom line is "it's idiomatic" as mentioned but I can offer the below rationale: 1 The origin of "at night" to indicate a point of time and the usage of prepositions "in" and"at" In olden times, when the time expression "at night" was originated, night might have been thought as a point of time in the day because there wasn't any activity going on and people were sleeping that time
Dear Sir or Madam versus To whom it may concern I don't think there is a "black and white" rule there With that out of the way, here's my opinion "To whom it may concern" is used where the letter is issued for use by someone without regards to who receives it, whether a person, or an institution etc "Dear Sir or Madam" is a more specific address