- 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”
- 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 –
- 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
- etymology - What comes after (Primary,unary),(secondary,binary . . .
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 plural They were sometimes also used in a sense roughly
- “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
- Meaning of by when used with dates - inclusive or exclusive
If, in a contract fr example, the text reads: "X has to finish the work by MM-DD-YYYY", does the "by" include the date or exclude it? In other words, will the work delivered on the specified date
- Is there another word for five times, such as triple, quadruple?
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