- 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?
- 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
- “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
- 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
- From the 4th to the 8th of June - [date ranges]
In a business letter, what's the correct or more frequent way to write date ranges? from the 4th to the 8th of June 2014, we have been working on the project or from 4 to 8 June 2014, we hav
- What is the correct term to describe primary, secondary, etc
What is the correct term to describe the words in the following sequence: primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary
- which one is correct I will be on leave starting on October 4th till . . .
In my opinion "starting on" and "till" don't really go together so I wouldn't use option 1 The phrasing "on leave from X till Y" can be misinterpreted to mean that Y will be your first day back at work, so I wouldn't use option 3 without adding " (inclusive)" Also phrasing it as a range from one date to another sounds odd to me when you're talking about only two days in total Option 2
- phrases - What is the correct usage: In the morning of . . . vs. On the . . .
In the morning of 19 April 2016, Taliban militants attacked a security team Or On the morning of 19 April 2016, Taliban militants attacked a security team
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