- 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
- 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?
- 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
- 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?
- What can I call 2nd and 3rd place finishes in a competition?
A concise way to put it would be placegetter or placed In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, "placed" would be understood to be in the top three My understanding is a place in the US means first or second Medallist medalled (UK spelling) or medalist medaled (US spelling) might work if a medal was awarded One more possibility is podium finish - the first three in a motor sport event or
- 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
- What is a word for getting an award in a competition or being one of . . .
There are multiple ways to express this in competitions: Winner, 1st runner-up, 2nd runner-up, etc 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, 1st prize, 2nd prize, etc In your example it may help to say how many were competing, because if you came in 3rd place out of three, that is quite different that third place out of 100, or however many
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