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What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”? @WS2 In speech, very nearly always In writing, much less so I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”
grammar - When referring to dates, which form is correct? on the 5th . . . "on the 5th of November" is practically just removing the word day from the reference As in "on the 5th (day) of November " It is used everywhere and even though it could be understood a few different ways it is the most correct "on the 5th November" seems to me to more be dependent on the month and if not year
Whats the equivalent phrase in the UK for I plead the fifth? to which George replies, "I plead the fifth!" The O P simply wants to know, is there another (perhaps informal) equivalent, since it would be presumptuous to expect the phrase would be widely used outside the US, since "the fifth" originates from the 5th Amendment to the U S Constitution –
“20th century” vs. “20ᵗʰ century” - English Language Usage . . . To some extent, it depends on the font you are using and how accessible its special features are If you can do full typesetting, then you probably want to make the th part look different from the 20 part, just like they do here:
which one is correct I will be on leave starting on October 4th till . . . Your second option most clearly states when you'll be on leave Saying "till" doesn't make it clear if you're returning the morning of the 5th, or if the 5th is included in your leave To be absolutely clear, you should state when you leave and when you return I will be on leave October 4th and 5th, and I will return October 6th
In sex talk, how many bases are there and what do they all mean? One of the other answers has provided a nice link to the Wikipedia entry for baseball metaphors for sex There are, as the top comment on this question notes, four bases in baseball, and these have corresponding sex acts associated with them
pronunciation - How to write out dates correctly - English Language . . . "5th May" would be the most traditional way to write this date I have never seen "of" used in a written date, except in extremely archaic constructions such as legal contracts "signed and witnessed this 5th day of May 2012" (Parenthetically, I note that in English law this makes absolutely no difference to validity
Does the term within 7 days mean include the 7th day? Possible Duplicate: Is “in [some period]” different from “within [some period] rdquo;? The title states it all: When an author says "within 7 days", does the author mean in
meaning - How should midnight on. . . be interpreted? - English . . . By most definitions, the date changes at midnight That is, at the precise stroke of 12:00:00 That time, along with 12:00:00 noon, are technically neither AM or PM because AM and PM mean "ante-meridiem" and "post-meridiem", and noon and midnight are neither ante- nor post- meridiem