- “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
- 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
- abbreviations - When were st, nd, rd, and th, first used - English . . .
In English, Wikipedia says these started out as superscripts: 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th, but during the 20 th century they migrated to the baseline: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th So the practice started during the Roman empire, and probably was continuously used since then in the Romance languages I don't know when it was adopted in English
- What are the fourth and fifth levels in this context? [duplicate]
One can use the terms primary, secondary, and tertiary to describe the first, second, and third levels of something What would the fourth level be called? Would it be something like "quartiary" or "
- 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
- prepositions - Scheduled on vs scheduled for - English Language . . .
What is the difference between the following two expressions: My interview is scheduled on the 27th of June at 8:00 AM My interview is scheduled for the 27th of June at 8:00 AM
- word choice - Three quarters vs. three fourths - English Language . . .
To express a fraction of 3 out of 4, how and when would you use three quarters, and when would you use three fourths? To me, three quarters is what I would have used all the time — but I'm not a n
- What is a word for getting an award in a competition or being one of . . .
I am writing about a competition I won in which I got third place I want to say that I am the first out of my school to get an award in this competition, with a third place award but that sounds a
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