Aug 23, 2014 · 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?

Aug 4, 2011 · As for ninth, however, it looks like the spellings nineth and ninth competed for a while and that ninth eventually prevailed. I don't think there's any rhyme in /-inθ/ in English that …

When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral, should the th part be in superscript? 20th century 20th century

Oct 25, 2018 · Possibly worth explicitly adding that prior to "the beginning of the year was moved to 1 January" the beginning of the Roman year used to be March 1st, so September was the …

Oct 1, 2019 · 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 …

For my entire life, I thought the correct word was Renumeration. But after reading a document that used Remuneration I checked google and apparently I was wrong. The oxford dictionary has a …

Dec 9, 2010 · Straddling Thursday and Friday Straddling today and tomorrow but should they technically mean: straddling the 9th and the 10th of December? straddling Wednesday and …

Feb 6, 2024 · E.g. if there are 10 items, 1 to 10, how can I call the 8th and 9th item? If I translate from my own language (Dutch), I get twice the same result: 8 Tweenalaatste Second-to-last 9

Sep 17, 2014 · I am always confused when I get an email stating "out of office until Thursday". Is the sender back on Thursday or still out of office (o.o.o.) on Thursday and only back on …

Aug 16, 2011 · What does until mean in the following? You need to deliver this product within 2 days (until August 18, 2011) to meet your deadline and get paid. Does this mean that I have to …