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What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”? @WS2 In speech, very nearly always In writing, much less so I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”
Why doesnt ninth have an e, like ninety? For instance in "The coronation of Edgar [the peaceful]" (a poem from the Anglo Saxon chronicles, composed at the end of the 9th century) one can read: OE: Ond him Eadmundes eafora hæfde nigon ond XX PDE: And Edmund's offspring had 9 and 20 [years] Derived from nigon, you would find typically nigonhund ==> nine hundred : nigontig ==> ninety
Meaning of by when used with dates - inclusive or exclusive If, in a contract fr example, the text reads: "X has to finish the work by MM-DD-YYYY", does the "by" include the date or exclude it? In other words, will the work delivered on the specified date
meaning - How should midnight on. . . be interpreted? - English . . . By most definitions, the date changes at midnight That is, at the precise stroke of 12:00:00 That time, along with 12:00:00 noon, are technically neither AM or PM because AM and PM mean "ante-meridiem" and "post-meridiem", and noon and midnight are neither ante- nor post- meridiem
“20th century” vs. “20ᵗʰ century” - English Language Usage . . . To some extent, it depends on the font you are using and how accessible its special features are If you can do full typesetting, then you probably want to make the th part look different from the 20 part, just like they do here:
What to call Primary School + High School, but not College The answers and comments to this question have already demonstrated that it varies across the country I would have answered that the terms "Primary School" and "Grade School" both refer to elementary, middle, and high school collectively
prepositions - Does until [date] mean before that date? - English . . . This is not good English Either it was written by somebody for whom English is not a native language, in which case I wouldn't necessarily conclude anything about his interpretation from the text, or it was written in a hurry by someone who meant to put (you have until 18 August) in parentheses, in which you should deliver it by 23:59 on 18 August
When back, if I say Out of office until Thursday I am always confused when I get an email stating "out of office until Thursday" Is the sender back on Thursday or still out of office (o o o ) on Thursday and only back on Friday?
Is there a common abbreviation for with or without? e. g. w wo or w w o Yes, in the right context it should be pretty easy to deduce Salad dressing recipes (or any recipes) for which the ingredients may include controversial items such as anchovies, or very spicy ingredients; will often have the potentially offensive ingredients listed as optional