|
- “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
- 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?
- What does turn of the century mean? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I suspect it was a term coined sometime during the 20th century to mean the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries As someone born mid-twentieth, it seems always to have been around However now we are well into the twenty-first century an element of confusion has arisen Often the meaning can be picked up from context e g "my son was born around the turn of the century" would be unlikely to
- nouns - use of capital C in the word Century - English Language . . .
century | 1 The 1900s are the 20th century AD, of which the last year will be the year 2000 Similarly the period 1801 – 1900 inclusive was the 19th century, 1301 – 1400 was the 14th century, and so on
- The later part of the 20th century vs. the latter part of the 20th . . .
Even worse, " during the later part of the 20th century" allows even more ambiguity, essentially meaning nothing, and readers will inevitably misread it as 'latter'
- 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
- punctuation - What is the abbreviation for century? - English . . .
I remember being taught in history classes to abbreviate century by writing a large capital C followed by the ordinal number as in: C18th without the full-stop (period) Recently I have noticed on
- grammatical number - Singular or plural in “between the 17ᵗʰ and the . . .
Which is correct in the following sentence, century or centuries? [ ] courtship gifts common in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries between the 17ᵗʰ and early 20ᵗʰ century
|
|
|