
"the 1st" or "1st" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
I'm wondering which is the right usage between "the 1st" and "1st" in these sentences: a) The United States ranked 1st in Bloomberg's Global Innovation Index. b) The United States ranked …
abbreviations - When is it proper to abbreviate first to 1st?
When is it proper to use 1st instead of first? For example, is the correct sentence acceptable? Can you give more detail about why you 1st got involved? I tried finding some authoritative …
Is it correct to say -1th or -1st? - English Language & Usage Stack ...
May 19, 2016 · I like to say -1 as negative one. So, should I say "negative oneth index" or "negative first index"? Which one is grammatical? Is there a way to avoid this problem altogether.
abbreviations - When were st, nd, rd, and th, first used - English ...
When were numeric contractions for ordinals first used, as in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th instead of first, second, third, sixth?
1st hour, 2nd hour, 3rd hour... But how to say "zero"-th hour?
Using the cipher (0) as an interval indicator is rare and confusing. Hour 1 = t=0-1, hour 2 (the second hour) = t = 1-2 etc (ignoring the interval-boundary–naming problem), but hour 0 is …
What possessive forms are used for mutual 1st person ownership ...
Jan 12, 2011 · What possessive forms are used for mutual 1st person ownership? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 14 years, 9 months ago Modified 6 years, 9 months ago
Style clarification for date superscripts, th, st and nd
Apr 17, 2016 · 8 I wanted to know, while writing dates such as 1st April or 2nd March; do we need to superscript the st and the nd as 1 st April and 2 nd March, or is it ok to write them without …
How to refer to a specific floor of a building
The same situation occurs when the floors of a building or vessel have non numerical designations, like the 'noble floor' that sometimes refers to the main formal spaces being at …
1st percentile, 2nd percentile... But how to say "2.5th" percentile?
Historically, the 1st, 2nd, ..., 99th percentiles are numerical values greater than precisely 1, 2, ..., 99% of the data. So, although people don't usually say this, there could be 101 percentiles, …
31th or 31st is correct? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
I just realized that I’ve never needed to use 31th or 31st in my four years English study. So which one is correct, and what about other alternatives? 31th or 31st 101th or 101st 1001th or 10...