- 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
- abbreviations - When is it proper to abbreviate first to 1st? - English . . .
When is it proper to use 1st instead of first? For example, is the correct sentence acceptable? Can you give more detail about why you 1st got involved? I tried finding some authoritative source
- 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?
- Is it correct to say -1th or -1st? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I like to say -1 as negative one So, should I say "negative oneth index" or "negative first index"? Which one is grammatical? Is there a way to avoid this problem altogether
- 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?
- First floor vs ground floor, usage origin - English Language Usage . . .
Ground floor – First floor: In British English, the floor of a building which is level with the ground is called the ground floor The floor above it is called the first floor, the floor above
- 1st hour, 2nd hour, 3rd hour. . . But how to say zero-th hour?
Using the cipher (0) as an interval indicator is rare and confusing Hour 1 = t=0-1, hour 2 (the second hour) = t = 1-2 etc (ignoring the interval-boundary–naming problem), but hour 0 is poorly defined You're probably better thinking laterally, and using the column heading 'pref' or 'ung' say
- Meaning of by when used with dates - inclusive or exclusive
As others have specified, the word by is generally synonymous with no later than when referring to a date or time However, it is important to note (and this is why I am adding another answer) that if all you know is "The work must be completed by MM-DD-YYYY", then the exact due date is still ambiguous Without additional information, 'due by MM-DD-YYYY' has a fair chance of meaning: Due at or
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